Thursday April 8, 2021, 2:32 PM
The murder of Sarah Everard hit the nation hard and shook women to the core. It s led to an outpouring of grief. and anger. Social media exploded with the hashtag She was just walking home as women shared stories of the fear we all feel when simply trying to go about our everyday lives.
So- can this really be the watershed moment so many have called for? Can change come at last - and can we be safe?
There is someone who sadly knows this latest tragic scenario all too well. Lisa Squire’s daughter Libby was killed by a stranger, in 2019. A 21 year old student, Libby was on a night out in Hull with her university friends when she disappeared, after getting into a taxi on her own. Her body was found seven weeks after she went missing, in the river Humber and there was evidence she had been raped.