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| Lorry girl's mother 'devastated' | Lorry girl's mother 'devastated' |
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| A mother whose nine-year-old daughter was strangled by her partner has said she had thought he was her "Prince Charming" but now she hated him. | A mother whose nine-year-old daughter was strangled by her partner has said she had thought he was her "Prince Charming" but now she hated him. |
| Stacey Lawrence's body was found on Saturday in the cab of a lorry parked in a layby at Warmington, Northants. | Stacey Lawrence's body was found on Saturday in the cab of a lorry parked in a layby at Warmington, Northants. |
| Roxanne Lawrence, 38, of West Bromwich, said the only way she could describe her feelings were "devastation". | |
| It is thought Darren Walker, her partner of one year, strangled Stacey then hanged himself in woodland. | |
| Stacey had been on a delivery run from the West Midlands to Norfolk with 40-year-old Walker. | Stacey had been on a delivery run from the West Midlands to Norfolk with 40-year-old Walker. |
| These trips were a regular event and Mrs Lawrence, who sat with her eldest daughter Emma Hammond, 17, fought tears as she described how they used to call her daughter the "baby trucker". | These trips were a regular event and Mrs Lawrence, who sat with her eldest daughter Emma Hammond, 17, fought tears as she described how they used to call her daughter the "baby trucker". |
| Speaking of her loss, Mrs Lawrence said everything about her daughter Stacey was "brilliant". | Speaking of her loss, Mrs Lawrence said everything about her daughter Stacey was "brilliant". |
| She had gone from loving Walker to hating him, she said. | |
| She said: "I thought he was my Prince Charming. I never would have imagined this. | She said: "I thought he was my Prince Charming. I never would have imagined this. |
| "He was brilliant with the kids, brilliant with myself, a family man. He did everything, I couldn't believe how lucky I was. | "He was brilliant with the kids, brilliant with myself, a family man. He did everything, I couldn't believe how lucky I was. |
| "He would never have been with me if I had ever had an inkling that he could do anything like this." | "He would never have been with me if I had ever had an inkling that he could do anything like this." |
| She said of her daughter that she always thought of others and would use pocket money to spend on the other children. | She said of her daughter that she always thought of others and would use pocket money to spend on the other children. |