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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Payne

Mother of girl, 12, expected teachers to have ‘integrity’ after pontoon death

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The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died after becoming trapped under a pontoon on a school trip said she expected the teachers accused of causing her death to have “respect and integrity”.

Brenda Lawson told a French court her family had been through “torturous suffering” since her daughter Jessica’s death near Limoges in 2015.

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