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She referred to her 87-year-old mother Bridie's appeal to Benn last month not to make her go to London to campaign for an inquiry.

"The murder of Sean Brown in 1997 was despicable, and his death caused great suffering and pain to his family, his wife Bridie, and the community," he said.

"If I may say something to my late mum, whose name was Bridie McNicholas," she said.

"Jolene's future was so bright, with a desire to become a sports physiotherapist," her mother Bridie recalled.

Her mother, Bridie Marlow, said she had always "secretly dreaded" her Jolene leaving home to study in Belfast in case the Troubles flared up again.