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Radio Leicester,3 mins

Antoin Akpom's mum Cheryl Armatrading tells us about her struggle to cope with the ordeal of losing a child.

Jim Davis and Jo Hayward

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Later this month will be the first anniversary of the killing of Antoin Akpom - the popular local sports coach whose stabbing in a Leicester street set off a string of horrific events which ultimately led to the tragic deaths of a family of four in an arson attack on their home. Those found guilty are now locked up and serving long sentences. But for those left behind on the outside, the torment never ends. Cheryl Armatrading is Antoin Akpom's mum. She's bracing herself for the first anniversary of her son's brutal murder. And she's spoken exclusively to BBC Radio Leicester's Jo Hollis about her struggle to live with the ordeal of losing a child...

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