A mum who has spent the last 25 years searching for the truth about her son's death has described the anguish of spending another Christmas without him.
As ever, the family of Ricky Reel will set a place at their festive table for him, but once again, his mother feels she will have little to say on making progress in finding justice for her absent son.
Ricky, from West London, was just 20 when he told his mum Sukhdev Reel that he was going out with three of his friends on October 14, 1997.