Two Nottingham mums who turned a 'parent's worst nightmare' into a lifelong legacy have spoken out over their efforts to change society for good. For both Zoe Cooke and Aimee Wood, said losing their children was a shock and came as a "tragedy" that changed their lives forever.
Ms Cooke still remembers the day when her son Byron Griffin promised he would return home for dinner. "He asked me if I will cook dinner, and said he will come in two hours", she said while recalling the tragedy.
But Byron never came home. Ms Cooke, from West Bridgford, received a call from police later in the day to inform her that her 22-year-old son was stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife in Eyre’s Garden, Ilkeston, at around 12.40pm on Sunday, July 4, of last year.