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Parents of murdered five-year-old April Jones call for help for paedophiles Parents of murdered five-year-old April Jones call for help for paedophiles
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The parents of April Jones, the five-year-old girl snatched as she played on her bicycle close to her home and murdered, have called for more help to be given to potential paedophiles. The parents of April Jones, the five-year-old girl who was snatched close to her home and murdered, have called for more help to be given to potential paedophiles.
On the day Coral and Paul Jones published a book about their ordeal, the couple said men who feared they were going to commit crimes against children should be given assistance if they asked for it. On the day Coral and Paul Jones published a book about their ordeal, the couple said people who feared they were going to commit crimes against children should be given assistance if they asked for it.
Writing about the book written by April Jones' parents Coral and Paul. Here's the cover. pic.twitter.com/MeGwqOI96vWriting about the book written by April Jones' parents Coral and Paul. Here's the cover. pic.twitter.com/MeGwqOI96v
The couple also said they hoped their book would raise questions about how easy it is to access images of child abuse. The couple also said they hoped their book would raise questions about how easy it is to access images of child abuse. April’s killer, Mark Bridger, viewed explicit images of children being sexually abused hours before he abducted April from a street in the quiet mid-Wales town of Machynlleth.
April’s killer, Mark Bridger, viewed explicit images of children being sexually abused hours before he abducted April from a street in the quiet mid-Wales town of Machynlleth. Paul Jones said it had been a relief to write the book, which is simply titled April. He said: “It was a great release to let people know what we went through, what we suffered. Secondly, it will raise questions if people read the book why these sort of things are still happening. The government and internet don’t seem to be doing enough to prevent it. I’m hoping it will open people’s eyes and start asking questions why things aren’t being done.”
Paul Jones said it had been a relief to write the book, which is simply titled April. Bridger, a former abattoir worker, did not ask for help and denied during his trial that he was a paedophile. But speaking to the BBC, Paul Jones said: “If you are thinking that way and you haven’t committed any crime, if you call out for help, that can only be a good thing.
He said: “It was a great release to let people know what we went through, what we suffered. Secondly it will raise questions if people read the book why these sort of things are still happening. The government and internet don’t seem to be doing enough to prevent it. I’m hoping it will open people’s eyes and start asking questions why things aren’t being done.” “If you don’t call out for help you might eventually turn into a Mark Bridger yourself. Someone calling out for help deserves a chance. If you do carry on and you become a paedophile, the law should be thrown hard at you.”
Bridger, a former abattoir worker, did not ask for help – and denied during his trial that he was a paedophile. But speaking to the BBC, Paul Jones said: “If you are thinking that way and you haven’t committed any crime, if you call out for help, that can only be a good thing. Coral Jones said she hoped the book could at least “save one child, one family”. She added: “If someone says to the doctor: ‘I have these feelings, can I have help?’, it would be better to try to help them before they ruin someone else’s family.”
“If you don’t call out for help you might eventually turn into a Mark Bridger yourself. Someone calling out for help deserves a chance. If you do carry on and you become a paedophile the law should be thrown hard at you.” The book describes in awful detail the moment the parents realised April had been taken, the agonising search, and the trial of Bridger, who continues to refuse to reveal how he disposed of the girl’s body.
Coral Jones said she hoped the book could “save one child, one family.” She added: “If someone says to the doctor: ‘I have these feelings, can I have help?’, it would be better to try to help them before they ruin someone else’s family.”
The book describes in awful detail the moment the parents realised April had been taken, the agonising search and the trial of Bridger, who continues to refuse to reveal how he disposed of the girl.
It emerges that the pair visited Bridger’s house, Mount Pleasant, in the nearby village of Ceinws, where April is thought to have been killed, after the killer was jailed for life.It emerges that the pair visited Bridger’s house, Mount Pleasant, in the nearby village of Ceinws, where April is thought to have been killed, after the killer was jailed for life.
Paul Jones said when they went into the house: “All I could focus on was the fireplace” - where Bridger is thought to have burned April’s body. Paul Jones said that when they went into the house, “all I could focus on was the fireplace” – where Bridger is thought to have burned April’s body.
He said: “The carpet had been ripped out and there was a big piece of Perspex on the hearth, covering the spot where April’s blood had been found. I found myself walking towards it but Coral seemed frozen to the spot.He said: “The carpet had been ripped out and there was a big piece of Perspex on the hearth, covering the spot where April’s blood had been found. I found myself walking towards it but Coral seemed frozen to the spot.
“I put my hands on the cold, black fireplace and started to weep. My tears weren’t the gasping, throaty sobs I often cried while walking in the hills. Instead they were respectful and almost silent.”“I put my hands on the cold, black fireplace and started to weep. My tears weren’t the gasping, throaty sobs I often cried while walking in the hills. Instead they were respectful and almost silent.”
Coral Jones said she wanted to look upstairs – even though there was no forensic evidence April had ever been there. She said: “I felt the need to comb every corner just in case there was some cryptic clue as to what had really happened to my little girl. After all, I as her mum. If I couldn’t find the answers, who could?” Coral Jones said she wanted to look upstairs, even though there was no forensic evidence that April had ever been there. She said: “I felt the need to comb every corner just in case there was some cryptic clue as to what had really happened to my little girl. After all, I was her mum. If I couldn’t find the answers, who could?”
But she said she got no closure from the visit, adding: “Bridger hadn’t just snatched our precious girl from the street and murdered her in cold blood; he’d flatly refused to tell us what had really happened, or what he had done with her, and that was a whole different crime in itself.”But she said she got no closure from the visit, adding: “Bridger hadn’t just snatched our precious girl from the street and murdered her in cold blood; he’d flatly refused to tell us what had really happened, or what he had done with her, and that was a whole different crime in itself.”
Despite the largest search in British police history, all that was found of April were a few pieces of bone and ash recovered from the fireplace.Despite the largest search in British police history, all that was found of April were a few pieces of bone and ash recovered from the fireplace.
Coral Jones said that when she received the urn with the scant remains she took it to bed. “Tears rolled down my face as I lay there, cuddling all that was left of my little girl in my arms,” she said.Coral Jones said that when she received the urn with the scant remains she took it to bed. “Tears rolled down my face as I lay there, cuddling all that was left of my little girl in my arms,” she said.
She revealed she decided to contact Bridger in prison asking for him to tell her what had happened to April’s remains. She wrote: “We buried what we have of April but the rest of her is out there somewhere. I will not be able to rest until we can bury all of her, so find it in yourself to tell me what you did with her.” But in the end she decided not to send the letters.She revealed she decided to contact Bridger in prison asking for him to tell her what had happened to April’s remains. She wrote: “We buried what we have of April but the rest of her is out there somewhere. I will not be able to rest until we can bury all of her, so find it in yourself to tell me what you did with her.” But in the end she decided not to send the letters.
April vanished on 1 October 2012. Bridger, a 47-year-old former abattoir worker, vaguely known to April’s family, was jailed for life in May 2013 and was told he would never be released. His former home has since been demolished. April vanished on 1 October 2012. Bridger, a 47-year-old former abattoir worker who was vaguely known to April’s family, was jailed for life in May 2013 and was told he would never be released. His former home has since been demolished.
• April, a mother and father’s heartbreaking story of the daughter they loved and lost, is published by Simon and Schuster