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Child protection campaigner Sara Payne is fighting for her life after being taken to hospital with complications following brain surgery.Child protection campaigner Sara Payne is fighting for her life after being taken to hospital with complications following brain surgery.
Ms Payne, 40, of Surrey, fell ill on Wednesday and is believed to be receiving treatment at St George's Hospital, in Tooting, south London.Ms Payne, 40, of Surrey, fell ill on Wednesday and is believed to be receiving treatment at St George's Hospital, in Tooting, south London.
Friends said she underwent surgery in 2008 to cure a ruptured aneurysm.Friends said she underwent surgery in 2008 to cure a ruptured aneurysm.
Her eight-year-old daughter, Sarah, was kidnapped from a field in West Sussex in 2000 and murdered by Roy Whiting.Her eight-year-old daughter, Sarah, was kidnapped from a field in West Sussex in 2000 and murdered by Roy Whiting.
Ms Payne was appointed an MBE for services to child protection in the 2008 New Year Honours List.Ms Payne was appointed an MBE for services to child protection in the 2008 New Year Honours List.
'Difficult time'
Director of campaign group Kidscape, Michele Elliott, who is also a friend, said: "Sara is the most wonderful and indomitable person and if anyone can get through this, it's her.Director of campaign group Kidscape, Michele Elliott, who is also a friend, said: "Sara is the most wonderful and indomitable person and if anyone can get through this, it's her.
"Everyone needs to pray and send their good thoughts at this difficult time. I have been in tears.""Everyone needs to pray and send their good thoughts at this difficult time. I have been in tears."
Ms Elliott said relatives and friends had been at her hospital.
Ms Payne began working to protect children from paedophiles and speaking out for victims after her daughter was murdered.
It emerged during the case that Whiting was a serial sex offender who had also abducted and sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl five years before he killed Sarah Payne.
After Whiting was convicted and jailed for life she called on the government to change the law surrounding information about paedophiles.
The so-called "Sarah's Law" was partly inspired by Megan's Law in the United States, which was introduced after the rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994.
Ms Payne was made Victims' Champion at the beginning of this year, a 12-month post in which she was tasked with providing an independent public voice for victims of and witnesses to crime.