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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Anita Chaudhuri

My beloved son, father and brother were murdered – and my youngest boy had to tell me

Suzanne Richards who founded the Smile For Joel charity.
Suzanne Richards who founded the Smile For Joel charity. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

It was late June in 2015 when tourism lecturer Suzanne Richards arrived home after teaching a class. The house was quiet because the previous evening she had waved her teenage sons, Owen and Joel, off on holiday to Tunisia with her brother Adrian and her father, Pat. “I wasn’t allowed to go – it was a ‘jolly boys’ outing’ to celebrate the end of Owen’s GCSEs.”

That morning, she received a text from Adrian saying they were all sunbathing around the pool. The men had visited the four-star hotel twice before, so they were looking forward to relaxing there, having a few beers and talking about football.

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