Kim Leadbetter
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Appearances Over Time
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On the 16th of June, we were at home and we were about to watch football.
But I'd taken my car in for an MOT and I was trying to be all healthy and I ran down to collect my car from the garage.
And just as I arrived at the garage, my phone rung and I got the call saying that Joe had been attacked.
And to be quite honest, I don't remember a great deal after that moment.
I remember I started shaking and I just couldn't stop shaking.
And instinctively, I knew this was not good.
And I don't know if that's a sister thing.
I don't know if it's just an instinct thing.
I don't know what it was, but I just knew straight away.
I remember saying to my partner, who was saying, as people do, it's going to be okay, it's going to be okay.
And I just remember saying, I just don't think it's going to be okay.
And I sort of knew.
To be honest, I probably don't remember a huge amount about the next six to 12 months because it's all a bit of a blur.
And I think your body and your mind just go into autopilot.
They go into self-protection, self-preservation.
We obviously had to deal with the first few days, weeks and months.
And look, everybody loses people.
We all have our own experiences of death and loss and bereavement.
But what happened to Jo was just unbelievably horrific and so incredibly public that literally within hours, the world's media descended on Burstel and us as a family.
And all I remember thinking was, I've just got to look after my mum and dad and do whatever I can for Jo's kids during that time.