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| 'Nightmare' life without children | 'Nightmare' life without children |
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| For Lyn McAuliffe every day since she lost her two young children has been a "constant nightmare" where she no longer copes, she just exists. | For Lyn McAuliffe every day since she lost her two young children has been a "constant nightmare" where she no longer copes, she just exists. |
| The 38-year-old wept during an inquest to hear details of how her daughter Amy Philcox, seven, and son Owen, three, were killed by their father Brian. | The 38-year-old wept during an inquest to hear details of how her daughter Amy Philcox, seven, and son Owen, three, were killed by their father Brian. |
| The pair were gassed to death by engine fumes at a Conwy Valley beauty spot, where Mr Philcox also killed himself. | The pair were gassed to death by engine fumes at a Conwy Valley beauty spot, where Mr Philcox also killed himself. |
| Following the hearing Ms McAuliffe, from Cheshire, revealed her heartache. | Following the hearing Ms McAuliffe, from Cheshire, revealed her heartache. |
| In a statement read outside Llandudno Magistrates' Court by her sister Geraldine Craven, she said: "Since Amy and Owen died my life has been a constant nightmare. | In a statement read outside Llandudno Magistrates' Court by her sister Geraldine Craven, she said: "Since Amy and Owen died my life has been a constant nightmare. |
| "I don't feel as if I have been coping - just existing. | "I don't feel as if I have been coping - just existing. |
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| Geraldine Craven reads a statement from her sister Lyn McAuliffe about life without her children | |
| "No day is easy without them. Christmas was particularly hard and recently both Amy and Owen would have celebrated their eighth and fourth birthdays. | "No day is easy without them. Christmas was particularly hard and recently both Amy and Owen would have celebrated their eighth and fourth birthdays. |
| "It is the little things that I really miss about them like lying on the bed in the evenings reading bedtime stories and trying to put on different voices to represent the different characters in the book. | "It is the little things that I really miss about them like lying on the bed in the evenings reading bedtime stories and trying to put on different voices to represent the different characters in the book. |
| "They loved that and we all used to have a real good laugh at my attempts. | "They loved that and we all used to have a real good laugh at my attempts. |
| "Amy was the boss. She was very strong willed, very artistic and loved nothing more than dressing up, playing with make-up, painting and drawing. | "Amy was the boss. She was very strong willed, very artistic and loved nothing more than dressing up, playing with make-up, painting and drawing. |
| "She was exceptional for her age and loved painting pictures of mermaids and butterflies. | "She was exceptional for her age and loved painting pictures of mermaids and butterflies. |
| "Owen was more laid back. He enjoyed playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine toys and chasing people around the house with his toy dinosaurs. | "Owen was more laid back. He enjoyed playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine toys and chasing people around the house with his toy dinosaurs. |
| Amy and Owen Philcox would have celebrated their eighth and fourth birthdays recently | |
| "Owen was very loving towards his sister and me. | "Owen was very loving towards his sister and me. |
| "He would snuggle up to me and play with my hair, pulling it around my face, rubbing it in his cheeks and playing with it like a baby would play with a comfort blanket. | "He would snuggle up to me and play with my hair, pulling it around my face, rubbing it in his cheeks and playing with it like a baby would play with a comfort blanket. |
| "These are the things that I miss, but most of all I miss just not having them around." | "These are the things that I miss, but most of all I miss just not having them around." |
| Ms McAuliffe, of Runcorn, Cheshire, was in the process of divorcing Mr Philcox when in June 13 last year he took the children during an access day away. | Ms McAuliffe, of Runcorn, Cheshire, was in the process of divorcing Mr Philcox when in June 13 last year he took the children during an access day away. |
| The hearing was told that he knew we would be unable to see them on Father's Day and so hatched a plan to kill them. | The hearing was told that he knew we would be unable to see them on Father's Day and so hatched a plan to kill them. |
| The inquest also heard how he had also rigged up improvised explosive devices in his home designed to detonate when his ex-wife called. | The inquest also heard how he had also rigged up improvised explosive devices in his home designed to detonate when his ex-wife called. |
| Of Mr Philcox, Ms McAuliffe added: "Some people have mentioned that maybe some day, I or we as a family, will forgive Brian. | Of Mr Philcox, Ms McAuliffe added: "Some people have mentioned that maybe some day, I or we as a family, will forgive Brian. |
| "I will never forgive him for taking our beautiful Amy and Owen. He had no right to take their lives. | "I will never forgive him for taking our beautiful Amy and Owen. He had no right to take their lives. |
| "He was an evil man whose attempts to use home-made bombs clearly show that all his acts were that of a cold-blooded, premeditated killer." | "He was an evil man whose attempts to use home-made bombs clearly show that all his acts were that of a cold-blooded, premeditated killer." |