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01/07/00
- Mother so close to death
By OONAGH BLACKMAN and JEFF EDWARDS, Chief Crime Correspondent
The Mirror
IN a bizarre twist to the horror, Copeland nearly claimed
the lives of his own mother and cousin. Caroline Copeland
was close to the bustling pavement cafes of Soho when
her misfit son's campaign of terror reached its gruesome
finale.
Like many others that evening she had strolled into London's
West End for a drink with friends. The hairdresser mother-of-three
was recovering from a bitter divorce and the party atmosphere
on the streets was just the tonic she needed.
But when a friend suggested moving on to Soho, Scots-born
Caroline, 47, said no. Copeland's father Steve said: "She
was in Covent Garden at the time of the Soho attack, she
was so close.
"She is very upset, very distraught. She's been on
medication since David was arrested." On April 17,
1999, he had struck in Brixton, knowing that his young
cousin lived there. Kelly, 29, been planning to go to
the shopping centre the day 40 people were injured.
David's grandfather William said: "What was he thinking
of? It's bad enough to do what he did, but surely he knew
Kelly lived there and could have been with her children.
It is horrible." |
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