Roselyn Richards fears for her safety in Jamaica

Roselyn Richards was taken off a plane, bound for Jamaica, at Heathrow on Wednesday after attempts to deport her.

A Community Victim Liaison spokeswoman said she would be putting pressure on the Home Office to review its decision.

Toni-Ann was shot along with convicted drug dealer Bertram Byfield at his home in Harlesden in September 2003.

Ms Richards, who is understood to have been living in London, came to the UK two years ago to support the investigation into her daughter's murder.

The removal of those who have no legal right to be in the UK is an essential part of a credible immigration system in which the public can have confidence Home Office spokesperson

Ms Richards submitted an application to the Home Office to extend her stay in the UK but it arrived two days after the deadline.

Cheryl Sealey, from Community Victim Liaison, a group which supports families of violent crime, said Ms Richards was taken off the plane at about 1230 BST.

She said Ms Richards and her two young sons were taken to a holding centre before being taken to an immigration detention centre.

"She was totally devastated. The children were traumatised," she said. "She was just taken off the plane and is now in the process of being allocated a detention centre. They were attempting to deport her to Jamaica.

Toni-Ann was shot along with crack addict Bertram Byfield

"When I spoke to her, she wasn't sure where she was going."

She said she would be putting pressure on the Home Office to review its decision and called for Operation Trident, the police unit dealing with gun crime in London's black communities, to support her.

Ms Richards' solicitor Andre Clovis, from law firm Christian Khan, said his client had claimed asylum in the UK because she feared for her safety in Jamaica, where the investigation has spread to.

He said that a member of her family had already been murdered in Jamaica for asking questions about Toni-Ann's death and she has also received death threats.

But a Home Office spokesman said they could not comment on individual cases.

"The removal of those who have no legal right to be in the UK is an essential part of a credible immigration system in which the public can have confidence," he said.

"Removal is always done in the most sensitive way possible, treating those with courtesy and dignity."