Joe Pooley, from Ipswich, who was found in the River Gipping
- Credit: Suffolk Constabulary
The mother of murdered Ipswich man Joe Pooley, whose body was found in the River Gipping, has described her son s killers as “bullies”.
In a moving victim statement read to Ipswich Crown Court today Joe’s mother Samantha Nicholls described 22-year-old Joe, who was autistic and had learning difficulties, as vulnerable and desperate for friends.
Addressing his killers directly across the courtroom she accused them of being “bullies” and said they had robbed her of a future with her son and replaced it with a “funeral and an urn containing his ashes .