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Jo Yeates murder: Prayers on first anniversary of death Jo Yeates murder: Prayers on first anniversary of death
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A day of prayer has got under way in Bristol a year on from the murder of landscape architect Jo Yeates. Tributes and prayers have been offered in support of the family of murdered Bristol landscape architect Jo Yeates.
Miss Yeates, 25, was killed by her neighbour Vincent Tabak in her Clifton flat. He strangled her then left her body by a roadside verge. Miss Yeates, 25, was killed by her neighbour Vincent Tabak in her Clifton flat. He was jailed for 20 years at his Bristol Crown Court trial.
Tabak was jailed for 20 years at his Bristol Crown Court trial where it was revealed he had viewed violent porn. Christ Church, near Miss Yeates's flat, opened so people could light candles and pay tribute in a card.
Christ Church, on Clifton Down Road, near Miss Yeates's flat, has opened for people to talk about what happened. One book entry read: "Your beautiful daughter may be gone but Jo is not forgotten in the Clifton community."
'Stark reminder' "Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time. May you know God's peace, love and comfort always."
The Reverend Paul Langham said: "It's a small way of marking a dreadful day in our community's history." A couple wrote: "We wanted to express our deepest sympathies to you all at this very sad time of year for you.
Mr Langham said there was a card - which will be sent to Miss Yeates's parents - at the church that members of the public could sign. "We lost our own son in an accident 10 years ago. This does not equate with the awful experience you have had but we understand a little of what you have been going through.
"As we mark the anniversary today it is still incredibly fresh for people. 'Loved Christmas'
"The sense of loss never goes but we hope that the pain will slowly ease for you as time passes. Our thoughts and prayers are with you."
The Reverend Paul Langham said the couple's card would be sent to Miss Yeates's parents.
"As we mark the anniversary today it is still incredibly fresh for people," the churchman said.
"I think the sense of shock that people felt last year is coming alive again as we remember, and particularly as we are in the middle of a season of joy and rejoicing."I think the sense of shock that people felt last year is coming alive again as we remember, and particularly as we are in the middle of a season of joy and rejoicing.
"Yet it is a stark reminder that for one particular family, and for others, Christmas can be a great time of sadness.""Yet it is a stark reminder that for one particular family, and for others, Christmas can be a great time of sadness."
The church will remain open until 17:00 GMT.The church will remain open until 17:00 GMT.
"There was a great feeling from everybody that they wanted to do whatever they could to send best wishes and prayers to the family," he added. Miss Yeates was last seen by colleagues at the Bristol Ram pub in Park Street, Bristol, at 20:00 GMT on 17 December.
'She loved Christmas' Tabak strangled her and left her body by a roadside verge. She was discovered on Christmas Day by dog-walkers.
Dog walkers discovered the body of Miss Yeates, originally from Ampfield in Hampshire, on Christmas Day in Failand, North Somerset. Her father David said in a recent interview with the BBC that the family would find Christmas difficult.
She had last been seen by colleagues at the Bristol Ram pub in Park Street, Bristol, at 20:00 GMT on 17 December.
Her father David Yeates said in a recent interview with the BBC that the family would find Christmas difficult.
He said: "She loved Christmas - that was the best time of the year.He said: "She loved Christmas - that was the best time of the year.
"She enjoyed the whole razzmatazz to do with Christmas and that's why Christmas - her being found on Christmas Day - was so poignant.""She enjoyed the whole razzmatazz to do with Christmas and that's why Christmas - her being found on Christmas Day - was so poignant."