0:00:05 > 0:00:06Hello.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12So if the threat of three points on your licence and a 100 quid fine
0:00:12 > 0:00:14won't stop you from using your phone while driving, perhaps this will.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18I remember my mum walking me through the intensive care unit
0:00:18 > 0:00:22and it genuinely felt like a dream.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26It felt like I was watching it happen to somebody else.
0:00:26 > 0:00:33I kissed him on his forehead and told him it was OK to go.
0:00:33 > 0:00:40I'm totally to blame and it's my fault and I was stupid.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44I feel like I've been kept here to pay for the mistake that
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I've made and I do deserve it because someone's died.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Tonight on Inside Out, an extraordinary meeting ?
0:00:50 > 0:00:52facing up to a fatal mistake.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57When I had the message that she wanted to meet me,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59I felt, why would she want to stare at a murderer?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Cos that's what I'm called.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04I want to ask what he was thinking what possessed him to pick up
0:01:04 > 0:01:08his mobile phone behind the wheel and to let him know
0:01:08 > 0:01:16what we've had to go through.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18We know it's illegal but it seems that's still not enough
0:01:24 > 0:01:29We know it's illegal but it seems that's still not enough
0:01:29 > 0:01:33to stop us using our mobile phones when driving.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Most of the time, no-one gets hurt but sometimes that
0:01:37 > 0:01:46distraction can be fatal.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51My name's Meg Williamson and my boyfriend, Gavin Roberts,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54was killed by a driver using his mobile phone
0:01:54 > 0:02:01last June on the A34.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03One car had been travelling in the southbound direction
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and Gavin had been going northbound.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09And it was the southbound car that had smashed through the central
0:02:09 > 0:02:19reservation and hit Gavin head on, on the other side of the road.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I know why I was on my phone, I was making calls to my girlfriend
0:02:23 > 0:02:25at the time.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I was scared of losing her.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34And, yeah, they were emotional calls and they were shouting calls.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37High emotion calls, raging calls that shouldn't have been made that
0:02:37 > 0:02:41night and I've got to live with that for ever and ever
0:02:41 > 0:02:46and ever and ever.
0:02:46 > 0:02:52At 24, Lewis Stratford's lucky to be alive.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54He could never have imagined his frantic calls
0:02:54 > 0:03:00to save his relationship would end a life.
0:03:00 > 0:03:08Gavin was an Australian through and through.
0:03:08 > 0:03:15He used to make me feel safe.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18We'd talked about holidays potentially going out
0:03:18 > 0:03:22to Australia together.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24The plans that we had were exciting.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It was something we were both really looking forward to.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Gavin and schoolteacher Meg met when he moved to Swindon.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34His work as an electrical engineer involved
0:03:34 > 0:03:37long shifts on the railways.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40He was working on the electrification and he would work
0:03:40 > 0:03:47nights mostly and then just before the accident was his last
0:03:47 > 0:03:50night shift and he was due to go and work days in the office.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54So he wouldn't be making any long late night journeys.
0:03:54 > 0:04:03He was on his way to work.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07And then he was about six miles or so from work
0:04:07 > 0:04:12and he just didn't make it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I don't remember the incident.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21I have no memory of any of it which, well,
0:04:21 > 0:04:27I don't want to remember it but I can't remember any of it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31In Swindon, Meg was woken by a call from a friend telling her Gavin had
0:04:31 > 0:04:36been in an accident.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I got to the hospital just after eight o'clock and they let me
0:04:39 > 0:04:44in straightaway to see him and I went in and sat next to him
0:04:44 > 0:04:53and he was just completely connected with tubes and monitors and I just
0:04:53 > 0:05:00remember sitting next to him, begging him,
0:05:00 > 0:05:01praying for him to wake up.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02I'd give anything.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06I'd have swapped places with him.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Lewis was rushed to the same hospital.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Doctors told his family to prepare for the worst.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I've read letters that were sent from the hospital to my GP
0:05:16 > 0:05:19that night that said that I probably would deteriorate throughout
0:05:19 > 0:05:24the night and the doctors told my family I had a 70% chance
0:05:24 > 0:05:28of dying that night.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32But for Gavin's family and Meg, the news was even worse.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38The consultant took the family into the room and told them
0:05:38 > 0:05:42there was nothing they could do and I just remember my legs
0:05:42 > 0:05:49completely giving in.
0:05:49 > 0:05:56I remember my mum grabbing hold of me and walking me
0:05:56 > 0:06:02through the intensive care unit and it genuinely felt like a dream.
0:06:02 > 0:06:10It felt like I was watching it happen to somebody else.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And as I stood up I kissed him on his forehead
0:06:13 > 0:06:23and told him it was OK to go.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29I told him not to be scared and that he could
0:06:29 > 0:06:36still look after me.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Lewis wasn't told Gavin had died until after he was
0:06:38 > 0:06:41discharged from hospital.
0:06:41 > 0:06:48My dad and stepmum sat me down and they just told me everything.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52I cried.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55We was all in tears and I didn't want to get better then.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I was like, I didn't want the physio,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I didn't want the treatments.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05I didn't care about my injuries.
0:07:05 > 0:07:12Lewis has already pleaded guilty to causing Gavin's death
0:07:12 > 0:07:15by dangerous driving.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Now, just days before he's due back in court to be sentenced,
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Meg has asked to meet him.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I want to ask what he was thinking, what possessed him to pick
0:07:24 > 0:07:26up his mobile phone behind the wheel.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I want know how he's feeling now,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32how it might affect him and to let him know how I'm feeling,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36how Gavin's family are feeling - what we've had to go through.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40When I had the message that she wanted to meet me I felt
0:07:40 > 0:07:49upset because I'm guilty and I feel like I'm a bad person.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55I feel like I'm hated everywhere and I thought she'd hate me.
0:07:55 > 0:08:04And I just I felt...why would she want to stare at a murderer?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07In a rare encounter, Lewis has agreed to meet Meg
0:08:07 > 0:08:09with our cameras present.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Meeting will clearly be tough for both of them.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Meg wants time to think through what she's going to say.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Gavin and I used to come walking along here
0:08:18 > 0:08:20when the weather allowed it.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24It was just a time to kind of just be us two and block
0:08:24 > 0:08:26the rest of the world out.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Do you know what the first thing you're going to
0:08:28 > 0:08:29say to Lewis might be?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Have you thought about that?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I'm hoping he's going to start the conversation.
0:08:34 > 0:08:43It's the morning of the meeting.
0:08:56 > 0:09:05Lewis is first to arrive.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I'm really nervous.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10A little bit scared.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16I'm a little bit shaky, I can't keep still at the minute.
0:09:16 > 0:09:23Playing with my kind of elastic band to try
0:09:23 > 0:09:25and focus my mind a little bit.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Just how he's going to react when he first sees me.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I suppose how I'm going to react as well, if I'm
0:09:30 > 0:09:32going to kind of freak out or sit down
0:09:32 > 0:09:36and have a normal conversation with him and also
0:09:36 > 0:09:39what questions I'm going to ask him cos I don't
0:09:39 > 0:09:49want to miss anything out.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I think I'm thinking about how he's feeling.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Not so much kind of what he's done but how is he feeling seeing me
0:10:07 > 0:10:10so close and knowing that I'm going to be asking
0:10:10 > 0:10:12him the questions.
0:10:12 > 0:10:19Yeah, I dunno, it's so difficult to describe.
0:11:11 > 0:11:19I know I've caused a lot of pain, for a lot of people,
0:11:19 > 0:11:24with something that could have waited till the next day.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26I know that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32I know what I've done, I know the lives I've ruined, yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I've ruined a lot of people's lives, happiness.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38And I deserve everything I get from whatever
0:11:38 > 0:11:45comes now - hate, anger.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46I can't, you know...
0:11:46 > 0:11:48I am sorry but I can't keep saying sorry cos
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I know people don't want to hear it.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You can only just...
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Sorry's not going to make things better, I know.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Ever.
0:11:59 > 0:12:07What were you arguing with the ex-girlfriend about?
0:12:07 > 0:12:17She was due to come up to me on the Friday night but she said no
0:12:17 > 0:12:24and then we was arguing all day Saturday so I'd go down
0:12:24 > 0:12:31on the Sunday morning, but I got in on Saturday night
0:12:31 > 0:12:38and I just drove down, angrily.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41She was on the phone as the crash happened and she just said she heard
0:12:41 > 0:12:48like scraping and brakes screeching and then obviously the impact
0:12:48 > 0:12:49was quite loud, she said.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54She said it was quite loud.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56He was just minding his own business that night and I just...
0:12:56 > 0:12:58That's what I think about all the time.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02I try and think what the other car, what he must have seen.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I dunno, I hate to...
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I just wanted to know, did you say he was just
0:13:08 > 0:13:09going to work?
0:13:09 > 0:13:13He was just going to work.
0:13:13 > 0:13:21Just makes me feel horrible.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27Before the crash, Lewis worked as a painter and decorator.
0:13:27 > 0:13:34Life revolved around family and friends.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I'm just a normal 24-year-old guy who just works,
0:13:37 > 0:13:43lives at home with his parents, can't afford a place of his own yet.
0:13:43 > 0:13:51I'm nothing special.
0:13:54 > 0:14:00I've lived here nearly 20 years with my family.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Grown up round this area.
0:14:01 > 0:14:08Used to play football in the field over there with friends.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12And this is the way I'd walk to the football match.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15This is the stadium, the way we walk in.
0:14:15 > 0:14:24It's usually obviously busy, busier than it is now.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29That's where all the singing goes on, in that stand there,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32but my granddad likes to keep quiet so we sit with him in
0:14:33 > 0:14:35the south stand - keep him happy.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39He brings the sweets.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43This is where we go in to our seats.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Well, we can go in any of them really but we tend
0:14:46 > 0:14:49to use three and four.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54And that leads us out to our seats ? front row on the south stand.
0:14:54 > 0:15:00It's a good seat.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05When someone gets convicted of a crime or an offence,
0:15:05 > 0:15:10you never get to see what that person's like
0:15:11 > 0:15:15and what background they got.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Everyone assumes that they're bad.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I went to work five days a week, came home, ate dinner,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23played darts and bar billiards in the week,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26come to football on the weekend.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Love my family, love friends.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33But I've obviously lost my job, lost my car,
0:15:33 > 0:15:37I've ruined someone else's life.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You don't know what's round the corner.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45You don't know what's coming tomorrow.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51Knowing how much Gavin meant to others is comforting to Meg.
0:15:51 > 0:15:59Today, she's meeting his workmates, Yuga and Ashton.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Gavin was absolutely amazing.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02He was really really good at his work.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06He was one of the ones that you know you can depend on.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09It's rare you see such a high level engineer with such
0:16:09 > 0:16:11a good sense of humour.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15He was a funny guy and he was one of the best engineers
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I've ever worked with.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19This is one of the engineering trains that was named after Gavin
0:16:19 > 0:16:23in his honour and it's so special because it is one of the only trains
0:16:23 > 0:16:27that have been named after somebody and apart from Brunel
0:16:27 > 0:16:31in the past 100 years.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It's so important for me to be able to remember him by what he used
0:16:34 > 0:16:37to love and the job that he did and how much of a difference
0:16:38 > 0:16:38he was making.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40I can't stop on the A34.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I can't pull over to one side
0:16:42 > 0:16:45and remember him and see where it all happened.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I laid flowers shortly after the accident with a police
0:16:47 > 0:16:53escort but just to be able to pass by this engineering train and smile
0:16:53 > 0:16:57is enough for me to kind of feel something and be happy
0:16:57 > 0:17:05that he's close by.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Obviously, I felt like I hadn't done it.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I was like, am I capable
0:17:12 > 0:17:17of something like that I didn't think I'd be...
0:17:17 > 0:17:21I couldn't believe that I could have done it but I had and I have
0:17:21 > 0:17:29to accept it and face it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33What injuries did they tell you you had?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I don't want to, like, go on about them
0:17:36 > 0:17:44because they're nothing compared
0:17:44 > 0:17:47to what happened but I had a leg, I broke this left leg
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and I tore my aorta, had a stent fitted in that and some
0:17:50 > 0:17:56internal injuries that they had to put me in a coma to keep me
0:17:56 > 0:18:04breathing because my lungs were quite squashed.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07My auntie's told me that I took off my mask my oxygen mask
0:18:07 > 0:18:09and said to her it was my fault.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I kept saying it was my fault, it was my fault.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15They didn't tell me what had happened but I knew
0:18:15 > 0:18:19I was in trouble, cos the police were bringing my stuff
0:18:19 > 0:18:25from the car in the bags, yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30How has it affected your family?
0:18:30 > 0:18:36They've obviously had to go into work and know their son's some
0:18:36 > 0:18:41sort of murderer as I've been called by some people,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45at my stepmum's workplace, saying your son's killed someone.
0:18:45 > 0:18:53Now he should be put in prison for life.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Are you...?
0:18:54 > 0:19:01Are you angry at me?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05A little bit.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09But then so many people do it, so many people,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13but it was a stupid mistake.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19I don't want to hate you forever, I'm not that type of person,
0:19:19 > 0:19:25and eventually I'll probably be able to forgive you.
0:19:25 > 0:19:33But I just needed some questions answering first.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36To be honest, I expected the hate and the abuse.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37I don't know what you're like.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I don't know...
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I expect it from anyone that seen me on the street.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46They want to have a go then I'll listen to and I'lI accept anything
0:19:46 > 0:19:49that people have got to say.
0:19:49 > 0:19:59I was scared to meet you.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04As a first time offender, prison's a daunting prospect
0:20:04 > 0:20:09for Lewis so he and his stepmum are looking up what he
0:20:09 > 0:20:18needs to take with him.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23I feel like I have been kept here to pay for this.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I feel like I've been kept here to pay for the mistake
0:20:26 > 0:20:31I've made and punished, really.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36That's my dad, granddad in the middle, FA Cup and me
0:20:36 > 0:20:41with the Premier League.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43While Lewis packs mementos of the family he'll be leaving
0:20:43 > 0:20:47behind, Gavin's never far from his thoughts.
0:20:47 > 0:20:53Feel like I know him but I don't.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58I feel like I've met him, some of the dreams I've had.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Tell me about those dreams.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Just being in the car, raining, it's just darkness.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07And I'm sort of in the car.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11His face, his picture, it's just there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Do you think that will ever leave you?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17No.
0:21:17 > 0:21:24What do you think the public's perception of you is?
0:21:24 > 0:21:29Um, murderer, stupid idiot.
0:21:29 > 0:21:36I accept the stupid idiot.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40I'm not a murderer, that's one comment I won't accept
0:21:40 > 0:21:43because I didn't mean it.
0:21:43 > 0:21:52And I didn't mean to end his life.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57I was so angry, so angry.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01And it was Gavin's mum, really, that showed the compassion and said
0:22:01 > 0:22:06that we have to remember other people are involved and at that
0:22:06 > 0:22:10point it was more of a realisation for me that somebody's stupid
0:22:10 > 0:22:18mistake has caused something so traumatic for so many people.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21After the accident, Meg took solace in writing down all her thoughts
0:22:21 > 0:22:26from her time with Gavin.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27This wasn't our future.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29We had plans.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Paris, Bruges, Northern Lights, Australia, graduation.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38I wrote to him every day.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44I filled a book with letters and notes, just so that he knew
0:22:44 > 0:22:50what I was up to, what I was doing, that I was thinking of him.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51You say you wrote to him.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Was that while he was here or after he passed away?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58No, I wrote to him after he passed away.
0:22:58 > 0:23:05It was easier for me to talk to him like that.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11Why is it so important to you to have this box of memories?
0:23:11 > 0:23:21I guess because I'm scared I'm going to forget him.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27You start to have days where life feels normal and then you feel
0:23:27 > 0:23:35guilty because you're still here
0:23:35 > 0:23:42and I've been suffering really badly with my anxiety.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Getting on to that road is really difficult but I have
0:23:45 > 0:23:47sisters that travel on it, friends who travel
0:23:48 > 0:23:51on it every single day.
0:23:51 > 0:23:58So it probably adds to my worry.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I think I'm more conscious when I'm driving mostly of other
0:24:01 > 0:24:05drivers on the road now and if they are on their phone
0:24:05 > 0:24:11you know I just think that they don't realise and a lot
0:24:11 > 0:24:13of people just don't care cos they don't think it's
0:24:13 > 0:24:19going to happen to them.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23No-one thinks it will happen to them and it shouldn't take something
0:24:23 > 0:24:29like this for them to think, oh, well, let's not be using the phone,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33people should know before.
0:24:33 > 0:24:42I learned the hard way but it shouldn't have to be this way.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53So what now, going forwards?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55What happens?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Every time I look at my phone I don't want to...
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I just look at this phone and I'm thinking,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I don't, I can't want to answer it
0:25:04 > 0:25:09every time and if I could live without a phone I would as well.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13I wouldn't use a phone again.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14I won't ever drive again.
0:25:14 > 0:25:21Ever.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26What would you say to somebody who's going to pick up their phone
0:25:26 > 0:25:31behind the wheel today without even thinking about it?
0:25:31 > 0:25:38Don't do it cos picking up a phone no matter how nice you are or how
0:25:38 > 0:25:41good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road
0:25:41 > 0:25:47by using a phone.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Something I gotta learn for, something I gotta pay the price
0:25:50 > 0:25:54for and I will learn from it.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Thank you for agreeing to meet me and answering my questions.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02I know it's been hard.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07I just want you to know that I am sorry.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10When people hear about this they assume automatically that
0:26:10 > 0:26:15I'm some person that hasn't got on with life and people that just
0:26:15 > 0:26:19cause trouble day in day out but I know I'm not that guy.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I've been brought up well, I never had a bad family,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25never had a bad upbringing, I've got no excuse for what's happened
0:26:25 > 0:26:28so I just want to say sorry for everything
0:26:29 > 0:26:31and thanks for meeting me.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Yeah.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43At the end of a gruelling 50 minutes together,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Meg gets some fresh air,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48leaving Lewis to reflect on the meeting.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52It's hard for me to get across to her how sorry I am
0:26:52 > 0:26:57because something that's so tragic has happened like this.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Sorry's not enough and I said that it was a cheap way just to keep
0:27:02 > 0:27:05saying sorry but there's no other way that I can think
0:27:05 > 0:27:10of that would make it up.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I think he was a lot softer and a lot more open
0:27:13 > 0:27:15than I expected him to be.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18He was really forthcoming with his answers
0:27:18 > 0:27:21and quite happy to talk.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25He was very apologetic.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26I'm pleased I've done it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29I'm pleased I've had the opportunity to let Lewis know how
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I have been impacted, how I have been feeling but also,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34you know, to hear him actually say that it was a stupid mistake
0:27:34 > 0:27:41and that, you know, he's aware of what he's done and he's upset
0:27:41 > 0:27:44and how it's affected him and his family has given me a little
0:27:44 > 0:27:48bit of closure, I think.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54I'm happy that I've met Meg, I'm happy that she wanted to meet me.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59And I hope it provides closure that will help her move on and help us,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03help me get through this as well, the next chapter of
0:28:03 > 0:28:06serving a punishment.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10But more importantly, hopefully, she finds a way
0:28:10 > 0:28:14that it can help her.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Lewis Stratford will receive his sentence later this week.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25I'd like to hear your thoughts about that story ? drop me an email.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Jon.cuthill@bbc.co.uk.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29That's it for now.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32More stories from the South same time next week.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Till then, bye.
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0:28:38 > 0:28:42raised in this programme, there's help and advice
0:28:42 > 0:28:44at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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