No one was ever arrested or charged with Ricky's death and his mother says this was down to institutional racism. Now that the case is being re-examined, Sukhdev Reel says 'actions speak louder than words', as she talks about the toll that campaigning has taken on her health.
1:30Police say they will re-examine the death of a student whose body was found in the River Thames 25 years ago, after more than two decades of campaigning by his family.
He and his friends all ran in different directions to escape the abusers, but whilst the rest of his pals made it back home safely, Ricky was never seen again.No one was ever arrested or charged with his death, and his mother Sukhdev Reel says this was down to institutional racism. She claims they suggested he had 'run away from home' because he 'may have been gay' or escaped to 'avoid an arranged marriage'."They carried out this so-called investigation with racist views in their mind," Mrs Reel claims.
"Campaigning for 25 years has really deteriorated my health because, for the last 25 years, there hasn't been a night where I have slept throughout the night.
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