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| Facebook removes Hollie Gazzard photos with her killer | Facebook removes Hollie Gazzard photos with her killer |
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| Photographs of a murdered woman posing with her killer ex-boyfriend have been removed from Facebook after a campaign by her family. | |
| Pictures of Hollie Gazzard with Asher Maslin, who stabbed her 14 times in February last year, were still viewable on Miss Gazzard's Facebook profile. | Pictures of Hollie Gazzard with Asher Maslin, who stabbed her 14 times in February last year, were still viewable on Miss Gazzard's Facebook profile. |
| Her father Nick Gazzard said the images were causing distress but earlier attempts to have them removed failed. | |
| He thanked supporters of the campaign and Facebook for "showing compassion". | |
| Mr Gazzard posted a message on Facebook saying: "We are delighted to confirm that today, Facebook have removed the offending photos from Hollie's memorialised Facebook account and now we can all browse her photos without getting upset. | |
| "We would like to express our sincere thanks to the 11,000+ who kindly signed our petition and those who also contacted Facebook direct and asked for photos to be taken down." | "We would like to express our sincere thanks to the 11,000+ who kindly signed our petition and those who also contacted Facebook direct and asked for photos to be taken down." |
| Facebook had previously told the BBC it was unable to help in this circumstance. | Facebook had previously told the BBC it was unable to help in this circumstance. |
| According to the social media website, its policy is that when a profile is memorialised following someone's death, changes are not able to be made. | According to the social media website, its policy is that when a profile is memorialised following someone's death, changes are not able to be made. |
| Hollie Gazzard, 20, was stabbed while working at Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty salon in Gloucester. She later died in hospital. | Hollie Gazzard, 20, was stabbed while working at Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty salon in Gloucester. She later died in hospital. |
| Five months after her murder, Maslin was sentenced to life in prison for carrying out the attack. | Five months after her murder, Maslin was sentenced to life in prison for carrying out the attack. |
| Of the nine images, most were only viewable by those who were Facebook "friends" with Holly before her death. | Of the nine images, most were only viewable by those who were Facebook "friends" with Holly before her death. |
| Mr Gazzard said: "We were very pleasantly surprised and humbled by the amount of support we received." | |
| He said Hollie had been very active on Facebook and had posted more than 1,000 photos, including pictures of her with Maslin when he was her boyfriend. | |
| "She didn't get the opportunity to delete the pictures before he murdered her," he said. | |
| Mr Gazzard said Hollie's family and friends would now be able to look at photos on the memorialised account and "remember the happy times they shared" with Hollie. | |
| He said he understood why Facebook would lock and memorialise the accounts of deceased people to "preserve their privacy", but suggested it could ask next-of kin if there was anything that should be changed first. | |
| "Particularly in a domestic abuse situation, that's what I hope would happen," he said. He believed Facebook would now deal with similar situations "case by case", rather than change its policy. | |
| No-one from the social networking site was available for comment. |