Father of meningitis victim, 18, tells of family’s ‘immeasurable’ devastation

Juliette Kenny (left) with her father Michael, her sister Florence and her mother Rebecca. Photograph: Meningitis Research Foundation/PA

The father of an 18-year-old school pupil who died after the meningitis outbreak in Kent said his family’s devastation is “immeasurable” as he called for better protection for young people.

Juliette Kenny died last Saturday, one day after first showing symptoms of vomiting and discoloration in her cheeks, her father, Michael Kenny, said.