The parents and brother of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, the 19-year-old student stabbed to death in Nottingham, have spoken of their grief in an emotional interview with the BBC. Her father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, said the family's lives had been 'shattered in a moment' by her killing.
Her mother, Sinead O'Malley, a doctor, said she was still 'dizzy with grief' and had been unable to return to work. The couple, speaking to the BBC's Jon Kay, said they had discussed how their daughter 'was too good to be true'.
Grace was killed on 13 June alongside fellow student Barnaby Webber and school caretaker Ian Coates. The family urged authorities to tackle the 'epidemic' of knife crime, with Sinead O'Malley calling for mandatory prison terms for those caught carrying knives.
