With an impish grin and a sparkle in her eyes, Louisa Palmisano was a bubbly, thriving three-year-old. But just before 10am one sunny Saturday morning, her life was cut short.
There are many recurrent nightmares that run through Mary's mind about the sunny Friday afternoon, last summer, when the sanctuary of her home was shattered.
Sitting in a Durham police station, shortly after his daughter's death, Simon Vickers made a declaration of despair. 'I must be the unluckiest man in the world,' he said.