Heartbroken mum of tragic teen Paige Doherty reveals she wasn’t allowed to hold her daughter’s body after she was murdered by evil John Leathem
Pamela Munro posted a heartfelt message on Facebook describing what her family went through after their tragedy
THE mum of murdered teen Paige Doherty has revealed she was forced to "kiss a box goodbye instead of her little girl" due to the delay in releasing her body.
Pamela Munro posted a heartfelt message on Facebook describing the heartbreaking details of the days following her daughter’s tragic murder.
, 15, was killed in a frenzied knife attack by John Leathem after she popped into his Clydebank deli for a breakfast roll on her way to work on March 19 last year.
The monster stuffed her body in the boot of his car before dumping it in woodland at the side of a road a few miles from her home.
Last September the married dad of two was originally caged for at least 27 years after he admitted the murder - but he
Mum Pamela has now at not getting to hold her child because of a rule that allows the defence 110 days to perform a second post mortem examination.
The family couldn't have an open coffin and could only see Paige for half an hour before she was laid to rest.
Pamela posted on Facebook: “On March 19th 2016, our daughter Paige was murdered. Her body was found on the 21st March.
"We identified her on the 22nd March by a television screen.
"We never got to see her that day.
"On the 24th March after her post mortem from the crown was completed, we had a viewing of her body.
"I was so grateful I could see our little girl.
“That's all we could do was see her.
"We couldn't hold her or lift her to cuddle her we cud touch one side of her face and asked not to take pics of her and not to look at her neck injury.
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"She was in fact property of the crown.
"We stayed for 10 minutes because we were told that for her body to keep in tact and not deteriorate to spend as little time as possible and it would give us more chance of having an open coffin.
“Of course we were aware that there was a good chance because of the extent of Paige's injuries that we wouldn't get the open coffin.
"The fate of that lay with the defence lawyers. A man had been arrested and he was entitled to have a post mortem on his behalf.
“Someone took our little girls life, yet the chance of us having her home for her brother and sister to see and say goodbye, that lay with the defence not us.
"We had to wait until they decided they were doing a post mortem and when it would be.”
Pamela then goes on to describe what the family went through waiting or body to be released to them for her funeral.
And she at not being able to have an open coffin at the service.
Pamela wrote: "After the post mortem took place we got the call. We wouldn't be getting our open coffin.
"Paige's body couldn't cope with that 2nd post mortem she was far to little with far too severe injuries to stand that after so long a time.
"Bearing in mind because awaiting second post mortem she couldn't be embalmed.
"I believe post mortems for the crown and defence should be done within a timescale.
"If we hadn't had to wait that month Paige could have came home where she belonged for everyone to give a kiss.
"They take away every last bit of dignity opening her up twice and with a month in between.
"It's cruel and its wrong. Families shouldn't face this at a time of devastation.
"I've said from day one we want #paigeslaw and I believe one day we will get it and other families will hopefully not face the length of time we did which ultimately resulted in us spending 30 minutes altogether with our princess in the space of a month and kissing a box goodbye instead of our little girl."
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