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Eleanor Fleming & Kali Lindsay

Hebburn mum pleads with strangers to stop 'nasty' remarks about her children with albinism

A mum-of-five who has three children with albinism wishes people would stop making 'rude and nasty' comments about them.

Stacey Chappell, 34, a full-time mother, and her husband Jason, 40, a cleaner, from Hebburn, South Tyneside, say they feel 'blessed' to have kids with a rare condition.

The couple didn't know anything about albinism - a condition which affects the production of melanin, the pigment that colours the skin, hair and eyes - prior to their children's diagnoses.

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