Remembering the women killed by men in 2024

By aboriginal August 2024, 50 women had allegedly been killed by men successful the UK. Now, it is thought that fig is person to 100.

But these women shouldn’t conscionable beryllium considered yet different statistic successful a horrifying assemblage count. These women mattered. They were someone’s daughter, sister, friend, mum, aunt, and much-loved colleague.

Each had a sanction and a life, earlier it was brutally stolen from them – much often than not, by idiosyncratic they erstwhile trusted and loved. 

Here, Metro pays tribute to conscionable immoderate of the women whose lives were needlessly chopped short by men successful 2024. For these women, their killers were either recovered dead, admitted being guilty, oregon a assemblage recovered them so.

Many different women, and their families, are inactive waiting for justice.

Christine Bauld, 53

Pharmacy dispenser Christine Bauld had a thirst for travel. She and hubby Tom would spell skiing each year, took trips astir the globe and often spent days retired successful their motor-cruiser moored successful Hamble, Hampshire.

In 1 poignant vacation drawback from a fewer years agone with their lone lad Gregor, the household airs adjacent to an azure bluish oversea with Christine – who was known arsenic Tina – leaning successful intimately adjacent to her son, portion dada Tom lovingly rests his hands connected the boy’s shoulders.

This year, the household was getting acceptable for different adventure. With Gregor present successful his 20s, they had enactment their location successful Burbage, Leicestershire, connected the marketplace and were looking for determination caller to telephone home.

But Tina would ne'er get to marque that move. On March 3, arsenic she got acceptable to locomotion her canine successful the colony wherever she and her household had go a much-loved portion of the community, her beingness was brutally ended connected the thoroughfare extracurricular her home. 

At her funeral, the opus Dancing Queen by Abba was played. It was a beauteous motion to Tina’s estimation of ever being the ‘the astir smiley, loveliest pistillate that you could privation to meet’ – and to 1 cruise vacation successful Croatia wherever Tom discovered his woman starring the unit astir the platform dancing the conga.

Tina’s decease had travel pursuing a enactment with Gregor implicit his cause use, wherever helium chased his parent retired of her beforehand doorway and into the thoroughfare and stabbed her. Tina died aboriginal successful hospital.

Gregor, who was precocious erstwhile helium killed his mother, had battled intelligence wellness issues and pleaded blameworthy astatine the commencement of his proceedings to manslaughter connected the ground of diminished responsibility. He was handed a beingness condemnation taxable to a infirmary order.

Maya Bracken, 56

Despite having separated from her husband, Mayawati Bracken was said to person spent Christmas and New Year with him on with their 3 children, a duplicate lad and girl, and 18-year-old son, Julian. 

When she uploaded a beaming selfie wrong her location connected January 2, a person commented: ‘Looking gorgeous arsenic always.’

Known arsenic Maya, the mum of 3 primitively from Indonesia, had moved to the UK from Hong Kong a decennary ago, and built a beingness for her household successful the colony of Pangbourne successful Berkshire. 

Described arsenic ’happy’ and ‘quirky’ by those who knew her, Maya was a ‘kind pistillate who perfectly loved her children’ and would bash thing for them. 

Three days aft she posted her New Year’s selfie, Maya’s assemblage was recovered wrong a car. She had been stabbed and died astatine the scene. Shortly after, constabulary were called to a casualty connected the railway way astatine Pangbourne station, wherever Maya’s lad Julian was recovered dead.

A execution probe was launched pursuing their deaths – which were treated arsenic linked – but nary 1 other is thought to beryllium involved. 

Lauren Evans, 22

Standing successful her kitchen, Lauren Evans smiles astatine the camera arsenic she cuddles the household canine Poppy.

Her caring quality connected show for each to see, Lauren was a pupil caregiver each acceptable to dedicate her beingness to looking aft others. According to her family, she had a grin that ‘would brighten the darkest day’ and her ‘thoughtful, caring and loving quality made her endearing to truthful galore during her abbreviated life.’

Lauren, who lived successful Bridgend, had ever dreamed of moving successful intelligence wellness nursing aft achieving large world success. It was a career, her household said, that they knew Lauren ‘would person excelled and been an attentive and caring nurse.’ 

However, it was a imagination unfulfilled erstwhile Laura’s abbreviated beingness was snatched distant connected June 25, erstwhile she was recovered murdered successful Hednesford, Staffordshire that Tuesday lunchtime. The young woman’s assemblage had been discovered adjacent to paramedic, 24-year-old Daniel Duffield and pursuing the find Staffordshire Police launched a execution investigation, confirming they were not looking for anyone other successful transportation with the deaths.

In a connection released by her family, they said: ‘A peculiar idiosyncratic has been mislaid to truthful galore who had the privilege to cognize her and to those who would person had the pleasance of gathering her successful the future. We person mislaid a peculiar daughter, with her sister, losing a loving companion and psyche mate who wanted to stock truthful galore much experiences with Lauren’.

Wendy Francis, 61

When ‘much loved’ 61-year-old Wendy Francis, was recovered dormant astatine a spot successful Haresfield Close, successful the Blackpole country of Worcester, friends and household were speedy to stock the joyousness this ‘one successful a million’ pistillate had brought into their lives. 

For 2 decades Wendy had worked astatine the Gwillams Farm Shop and became friends with the unit astatine adjacent The Fish Emporium.

‘Her small caput utilized to poke astir there, astir the door, and she would instrumentality the mick retired of us,’ her person Carole Wilde said astatine the time, portion different described however easy Wendy could person them successful giggles. ‘That is Wendy, our Wendy,’ she added.

Wendy, who had been considering moving overseas with hubby Steve aft a crab battle, was murdered by 51-year-old Damian Homer, the spouse of her girl Stacey.

She had gone to her location aft being alerted by her daughter, who had seen Homer arming himself with a knife. There helium began to onslaught Stacey, past turned his attraction to Wendy, stabbing her to death. 

Her past words were to say, ‘I emotion you’ to her 5 twelvemonth aged grandson who was watching from the stairs.

In a tribute to Wendy, her sister Karen said, ‘she would navigator roast dinners for them each week. She would look aft the kids, she was the cleanable grandma.’

Homer was sentenced to beingness successful jailhouse aft admitting execution and attempted murder. Reading her unfortunate interaction connection to the court, girl Stacey said she would ‘never, ever beryllium the same’, adding that she loved her parent ‘beyond words’.

Jillian Hughes, 56

Jillian Hughes stepped onto a ferry for a household vacation to the Isle of Man and ne'er came home.

As a pistillate who ‘thrived for life’, hers was chopped abbreviated aft conscionable 1 time of the Easter trip. Following a ‘jovial’ afternoon, things turned sour erstwhile an altercation occurred and arsenic Jillian stepped successful to effort and halt it, she was killed astir instantly by 1 azygous punch from her husband, John Meadows. 

During his proceedings the tribunal heard helium had erstwhile convictions for convulsive offences and had been cautioned for artillery against Ms Hughes successful 2017.

A mum and grandmother, her household accidental they volition ne'er travel to presumption with what happened to ‘our Jill’, who they lovingly described arsenic a ‘happy, sarcastic, hardworking and passionate person’.

Meadows, 53, was jailed for 5 years and 8 months.

Rachel McDaid, 53

Beautiful, selfless and strong. Those are the words utilized to picture 53-year-old Rachel McDaid by her family, portion friends called her ‘a precious, good loved soul’. 

A azygous parent to 3 boys, Rachel was said to enactment ‘100% into motherhood’ and adored her sons.

Having divided from her husband, Michael, the mates lived separately, though her ex would sometimes sojourn Rachel’s location successful Eastwood, Nottingham, to spot the boys oregon prime up his tools. It was during 1 sojourn – erstwhile McDaid knew his erstwhile woman would beryllium unsocial – that helium strangled her to decease successful a premeditated plan.

Following her murder, for which McDaid was sentenced to beingness successful prison, Rachel’s person Catherine acceptable up a fundraising page, which has raised implicit £26,000 to date, to marque definite her children were cared for.

She wrote: ‘We, her friends, cognize that the 1 happening she would person wanted is for america to look aft her boys. And truthful we are asking for you to excavation heavy to enactment them successful the coming weeks and months, truthful we tin easiness their load successful a tiny way.’

Carol Matthews, 73

When Carol was 49 she was diagnosed with a beingness changing information called cauda equina syndrome. Causing irreparable harm to the nerves successful her spinal cord, she was near paraplegic and successful a wheelchair.

Although her hubby Peter cared for her, Carol was ever known to beryllium ‘fiercely independent’ and an ‘extrovert’ person. The pensioner saw worth successful her life, nary substance however frail her wellness whitethorn person been.

However, 1 outpouring day, arsenic Carol laic successful furniture successful their Weston Coyney location successful Staffordshire, her hubby of 56 years, decided to extremity his wife’s beingness successful a bid to ‘put her retired of her misery’.

Carol, 73, didn’t privation to die. 

In fact, she begged her hubby not to smother her with a pillow and contempt her sick health, adjacent tried to combat him off. Carol’s tendency to unrecorded was adjacent noted astatine 80-year-old Matthews’ proceedings – wherever helium was yet sentenced to 10 years successful situation – with the justice pointing retired that Carol saw the prime successful her beingness and wanted it to continue.

Tara Kershaw, 33

33-year-old Tara had 3 sisters and unneurotic they shared ‘dreams, laughter, and an unbreakable bond’. However, successful January this twelvemonth their narration was shattered erstwhile Tara’s spouse stole her life. 

She had been trying to get her beingness backmost connected way aft struggling with an intoxicant addiction, and the mum-of 2 from Great Yarmouth was described by her sisters arsenic an astonishing mum who ‘would ever enactment her children first’.  

Tara, who was said to person craved ‘warmth, quality affection and love’, had been successful a volatile narration with Adam Barnard, 41, for astir a twelvemonth and had made respective reports to the constabulary astir him for non-fatal strangulation. But her sister Zoe said she was ‘never taken seriously’.

On 20 January, Barnard – who had a erstwhile condemnation for sexually assaulting a miss nether 13 – went to the constabulary presumption and told officers helium thought helium had killed his partner.

It was discovered that helium had strangled Tara to decease the time before, conscionable hours aft helium had been arrested for attacking her and past released. Tara’s slayer was jailed for beingness with a minimum word of 19 years.

Sarah Mayhew, 38

In a faded representation posted connected an ‘in memoriam’ tract sits a small miss with a cheeky grin. Above it reads the caption: ‘RIP Cuz’, successful tribute to the kid who would turn up to beryllium Sarah Mayhew, a societal butterfly who loved being surrounded by friends. 

Sarah’s remains were discovered connected March 8 successful Rowdown Fields, South London. Among the galore floral tributes and photos near adjacent the country 1 paper read: ‘Always successful our thoughts.’

As further thoughts and messages were posted online, alongside the photograph of Sarah arsenic a child, determination were galore of her retired with friends – a grin ever connected her look arsenic they posed happily for the camera. 

Sarah’s decease has near ‘a void’ successful the beingness of her household and galore friends. 

Steven Sansom, 45 – who had antecedently been convicted of execution successful 1999 – has admitted murdering her and perverting the people of justice. His woman Gemma Watts, 49, besides pleaded blameworthy to execution and perverting the people of justice.

Alison McLaughlin, 53

When Alison McLaughlin’s girl Robyn gave commencement to a small miss called Alilynne connected 20 December, she described it arsenic the ‘best Christmas contiguous ever’. 

Just a fewer weeks earlier, Alison, 53, and hubby Neil, who lived successful Greenock, had celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. In the precocious day of January 5, conscionable implicit a fortnight aft becoming grandparents, Neil stabbed his woman to death, past took his ain life. 

Among the Facebook tributes for store adjunct Alison, 1 said: ‘Robyn I cognize volition beryllium mislaid without you… she was your satellite and you hers until Alilynne was born. I lone anticipation Alilynne tin assistance heal the gapping spread you person left.’

Alison’s decease was treated arsenic execution portion her husband’s was treated arsenic non-suspicious.

Barbara Nomakhosi, 35

A ‘shining illustration of kindness, selflessness, and humility’ was however 1 idiosyncratic described Barbara Nomakhosi, who worked arsenic a carer and was known to immoderate arsenic Barbs.

Her household said the 35-year-old was ‘a caring and hard-working person. She was truthful thoughtful and ever checking up connected her household and friends.’ 

Meanwhile, different who knew Barbara near an online tribute saying that she was their ‘inspiration’ due to the fact that of the mode she ‘kept pushing connected learning and getting ahead. You encouraged maine not to springiness up.’

Barbara’s assemblage was recovered by her housemate successful their Bury location connected September 6. Police identified the fishy progressive successful her decease arsenic her husband, Molifi Elvis Mosia, 40. He died successful a fatal collision betwixt a HGV and a pedestrian connected the M65 that aforesaid evening.

Tia Simmonds, 32

When Tia’s begetter addressed the tribunal arsenic her murderer was sentenced, helium told the room: ‘My girl Tia was an unthinkable woman. She made maine arrogant each time with each she accomplished.

‘She was a strong, determined woman, a concern owner, but champion of all, a parent to my beauteous grandchildren who person been near without a mother.’

32-year-old Tia, who lived successful Forest Hill, ran a childminding concern and was described arsenic having a bosom of gold. She was a pistillate successful the ‘prime of her life’ with 4 adoring children. 

But she was besides profoundly unhappy successful her matrimony and confided successful friends that she wanted to permission it. Tragically, it was an flight she would ne'er get to make, arsenic connected New Year’s Day, her hubby Shane Simmonds, drugged Tia and stabbed her to death.

He was sentenced to beingness imprisonment, serving a minimum of 32 years aft pleading blameworthy to Tia’s execution and 2 counts of rape of a antithetic woman.

Following the sentencing, Tia’s begetter added: ‘Tia volition beryllium remembered arsenic the idiosyncratic she is, and you volition beryllium remembered arsenic nothing.’ 

Pauline Sweeney, 50

According to the children of Pauline Sweeney, anyone who met their parent had a communicative to tell. ’She made friends and memories everyplace she went’, they said.

A parent of seven, Pauline was a strong pistillate with the ‘kindest heart’ who ‘wouldn’t fto thing bring her down’. Despite immoderate she was facing, she ‘always had a grin connected her face.’

On 20 March, Pauline was recovered astatine her Coventry location with stab wounds and died astatine the scene. She had been killed by her ex-partner William Brady, 57, who was jailed for a minimum of 19 years. 

In a touching tribute from her children pursuing the sentencing of Brady, they said: ‘Nobody rather compares to your mother, and we are truthful grateful she was ours.’

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