He was was violently slashed with an axe or meat cleaver in his terraced house
The daughter of a miner who was brutally killed in his bed says she “will not stop” until his attacker is brought to justice – 33 years after his shock murder.
Emma, who has since started up a funeral firm in Darwen dedicated to her father, believes the attack was “targeted” and says she will now stop at nothing to get her family justice. Two men were charged with murder and attempted murder at the time of Kevin’s death, but prosecutors later decided to discontinue their case. And Emma now hopes her fresh appeal might lead someone to come forward who can help identify her dad's killer.
Emma, who slept through the incident, said: “The first memory I have is being woken up by a police officer, who came into my bedroom. He just said, ‘Wake up, wake up. You need to get dressed and you need to shout me. Do not come out of your room and don’t turn your lights on.’ Emma said she would do everything with her loveable father and particularly remembered dancing with him to Top of the Pops on a Saturday evening.
“He would never take that helmet off when he walked up to school, and all the kids were convinced he was an astronaut. He played up to that.”
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