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Mary Shipstone fund to remember girl killed by father | Mary Shipstone fund to remember girl killed by father |
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A fund to help children who have suffered from trauma has been set up in memory of a seven-year-old girl who was shot in the head by her father. | A fund to help children who have suffered from trauma has been set up in memory of a seven-year-old girl who was shot in the head by her father. |
Mary Shipstone died of her wounds a day after she was shot by her father in Northiam, East Sussex, as she returned from school on 11 September. | Mary Shipstone died of her wounds a day after she was shot by her father in Northiam, East Sussex, as she returned from school on 11 September. |
Her mother Lyndsey Shipstone has set up the Mary Shipstone Memorial Fund to raise money for a children's charity. | Her mother Lyndsey Shipstone has set up the Mary Shipstone Memorial Fund to raise money for a children's charity. |
She said she wanted people to remember her daughter's "little smiling face". | She said she wanted people to remember her daughter's "little smiling face". |
'Life snatched away' | 'Life snatched away' |
Money from the fund will support Rye-based charity The Music Well, which offers music therapy to children who have suffered trauma. | |
She said: "Mary had her life snatched away from her so cruelly when there was so much promise, but I would like people to remember her little smiling face. | She said: "Mary had her life snatched away from her so cruelly when there was so much promise, but I would like people to remember her little smiling face. |
"She was such a happy child and I think that is the memory that will stay with people who knew Mary." | "She was such a happy child and I think that is the memory that will stay with people who knew Mary." |
Mary was shot by her estranged father, Yasser Alromisse, outside her home in Spring Hill at about 16:00 BST on 11 September. | Mary was shot by her estranged father, Yasser Alromisse, outside her home in Spring Hill at about 16:00 BST on 11 September. |
She died from her injuries at King's College Hospital in south London the following day. | She died from her injuries at King's College Hospital in south London the following day. |
Ms Shipstone also revealed that Mary's organs had been donated to five other children, including two babies. | Ms Shipstone also revealed that Mary's organs had been donated to five other children, including two babies. |
"It was important to allow Mary to make the gift of her organs because she was such a healthy girl," she said. | "It was important to allow Mary to make the gift of her organs because she was such a healthy girl," she said. |
"She'd never been sick in that way. I thought it would be a way of Mary living on in these children in some small way. | "She'd never been sick in that way. I thought it would be a way of Mary living on in these children in some small way. |
"It is a great comfort to know that other children will survive through Mary." | "It is a great comfort to know that other children will survive through Mary." |
On Monday, Ms Shipstone recalled the horror of losing her "precious daughter". | On Monday, Ms Shipstone recalled the horror of losing her "precious daughter". |
She told BBC South East the family moved to Northiam from a women's refuge in Camber Sands after Ms Shipstone separated from her husband "due to domestic violence". | She told BBC South East the family moved to Northiam from a women's refuge in Camber Sands after Ms Shipstone separated from her husband "due to domestic violence". |
A police investigation into the shooting is continuing, and the BBC understands it will look at answering two key questions - how Yasser Alromisse came to acquire a gun and how he was able to discover where his family lived. | A police investigation into the shooting is continuing, and the BBC understands it will look at answering two key questions - how Yasser Alromisse came to acquire a gun and how he was able to discover where his family lived. |
Both East Sussex County Council and Sussex Police will be sending information to the Safeguarding Children Board, which will then determine whether there should be a Serious Case Review. | Both East Sussex County Council and Sussex Police will be sending information to the Safeguarding Children Board, which will then determine whether there should be a Serious Case Review. |
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