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| Sara Payne improving in hospital | |
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| Child protection campaigner Sara Payne's condition has improved after she was taken to hospital with complications following brain surgery. | |
| Ms Payne, 40, fell ill on Wednesday and was taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, in a critical condition but is now said to be stable. | |
| 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. | |
| 'Difficult time' | 'Difficult time' |
| Ms Payne, of Surrey, was appointed an MBE for services to child protection in the 2008 New Year Honours List. | |
| A family source said: "The early signs of her treatment were positive." | A family source said: "The early signs of her treatment were positive." |
| 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." |
| Justice Secretary Jack Straw said: "Our thoughts are with Sara and her family." | Justice Secretary Jack Straw said: "Our thoughts are with Sara and her family." |
| Ms Elliott said relatives and friends had been at her hospital. | Ms Elliott said relatives and friends had been at her hospital. |
| A spokesperson said on Thursday: "We can confirm that Sara Payne is receiving care at St George's and is currently in a stable condition." | |
| Serial sex offender | |
| 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. |