Carving the name of their gang into tree branches at a popular park, they thought they could own the streets of Warrington and control the supply of the drugs into the small town.
07.03.2022 - 18:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A shattered phone has revealed a heartbreaking memory for the parents of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack.
It belonged to Saffie-Rose Roussos and was lost and damaged in the blast.
Now an emotional clip captures the moment her parents, Lisa and Andrew, see for the first time her last selfies recovered by digital experts from the phone.
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The images are of Saffie with her mum in the car on her way to the Ariana Grande concert at the Arena.
Wiping away tears as she sees the selfies on a laptop, Lisa says: "It's lovely, but obviously sad at the same time. I'm glad I've got another one."
Andrew says: "Precious things...that we shouldn't..."
Lisa then finishes his sentence saying: "That we take for granted because you don't think of the worst ever, why would you, But afterwards you realise how precious and important they are."
Saffie, eight, was one of 22 people who were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.
A BBC Panorama documentary, due to air tonight, follows Saffie's parents Andrew and Lisa as they return to Manchester for the public inquiry and shows them speaking with security experts about the attack.
In the programme, Lisa and Andrew say 'questions need to be answered' over why bomber Salman Abedi wasn't prevented from carrying out the atrocity.
It follows them as they return to Manchester for the public inquiry and shows them speaking with security experts about the attack.
Following the bombing Andrew and wife Lisa who was badly injured in the attack, needing nine operations, and their son Xander, never returned to their home in
Carving the name of their gang into tree branches at a popular park, they thought they could own the streets of Warrington and control the supply of the drugs into the small town.
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