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| Sara Payne in critical condition | Sara Payne in critical condition |
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| Child protection campaigner Sara Payne is critically ill 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' | '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. | |
| "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 Elliott said relatives and friends had been at her hospital. |
| The head nurse at St George's Hospital was unable to confirm Ms Payne's condition on Thursday. | |
| Ms Payne began working to protect children from paedophiles and speaking out for victims after her daughter was murdered. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |