Plymouth lighthouse lit up green in memory of university lecturer

A lighthouse has been lit up successful representation of a assemblage lecturer who died past month.

Claire Chick, 48, was recovered earnestly injured connected West Hoe Road successful Plymouth connected January 22, and died successful hospital.

Her daughters Bethany and Lydia held a vigil connected Monday evening during which Smeaton’s Tower lighthouse turned green, Ms Chick’s favourite colour.

A assemblage gathered to airy candles and a soundlessness was observed.

It comes aft Paul Antony Butler, 53, appeared earlier Truro Crown Court past week accused of sidesplitting Ms Chick.

The defendant, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, spoke lone to corroborate his sanction during the little hearing.

Butler did not participate immoderate pleas to the 2 charges of execution and possession of a bladed article.

He was remanded into custody and volition adjacent look earlier Plymouth Crown Court for a plea and proceedings mentation proceeding connected March 3.

Butler was located and arrested successful the Liskeard country of Cornwall, which is astir 20 miles from Plymouth, connected January 23.

Ms Chick, who was antecedently known arsenic Claire Butler, worked arsenic a lecturer astatine the University of Plymouth.

In a erstwhile connection released by police, her household said: “We are perfectly devastated and breached astatine the nonaccomplishment of our beauteous caring parent Claire Chick.

“She was the astir beauteous lively psyche and was determination for everyone.

“Everyone who knew our mum had truthful overmuch affirmative words to accidental astir her. She was the beingness and psyche of immoderate spot wherever she was.

“She loved to creation and sing, adjacent though she was beauteous atrocious astatine it; she had nary shame successful doing it successful beforehand of immoderate audience.

“We volition ne'er get implicit this arsenic a family, she was our glue and our go-to. We won’t ever get the justness our mum deserves for this, due to the fact that nary magnitude of justness volition bring her back.

“We privation to convey everyone for their benignant words, and we invitation anyone who knew her to stock their memories of her.

“We besides would similar to punctual the nationalist she leaves down 5 beauteous grandchildren who each notation to her arsenic ‘a favourite grandma’.

“We inquire you to respect their privacy, and everyone remains respectful to them.

“She whitethorn beryllium gone but her tone volition ever stay alive. We emotion you mum, and we committedness to marque you proud.”