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25/07/92
- Our girl told us in prayers to forgive John
By Nic North
Daily Mirror
ALISON'S kind-hearted parents took John Shaughnessy into their
home after the horrific murder. And together they mourned the
girl they loved.
But Shaughnessy never told them about his affair with Michelle
Taylor. It was only when detectives broke the news seven weeks
after the tragedy that they discovered the awful truth.
Alison's mother Breda Blackmore said: "When we found out,
I prayed to Alison. If we had thrown John out there and then she
would have looked down and said: 'Mum and dad, what have you done?'
Alison was totally devoted to John.
He was her life." Breda's bus driver husband Bob. 50. said:
"It would be wrong to turn John away from the door. That
would wipe out five years of happiness that she had with him.
"John will have what he did on his conscience for the rest
of his life. For Alison's sake, we didn't want to have anything
on ours."
Shaughnessy stayed on at the Blackmores' flat in Pinsbury Park,
North London, until the beginning of the trial. "It caused
trouble," said Bob. "But John was our son-in-law. That
couldn't change over night." Shaughnessy has since moved
out.
Shaughnessy's brother Thomas had boiling oil poured over him by
his wife Marion after she caught him with his mistress.
She got three years probation at the Old Bailey in February. |
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