Daughter of woman stabbed to death 'robbed of chance to get to know her mum'

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The daughter of a woman stabbed to death by her partner in drug -fuelled attack states that she has been robbed of a chance to get to know her mum.

Simone Ambler, 49, was found knifed to death following an argument with her partner Donald Payne, 62, on March 29, 2021. Mum-of-two Simone, from Blackpool, suffered 70 stab wounds at the hands of Payne and was pronounced dead at the scene, Lancs Live reports.Payne pleaded guilty to her manslaughter by means of diminished responsibility.However, as the killer began his life sentence, Simone's daughter Lauren Turner spoke of her devastation that she would never spend any more time with her mum.She said Simone had left her life when she was just 18 months old and she had been raised by her grandparents.

Simone was never a part of her childhood but Lauren said she always dreamed of rekindling their relationship.The mum and daughter were reunited at Lauren's grandmother's funeral, the year before Simone died.

Lauren said she had hoped that would be the beginning of them getting to know each other.Tragically for Lauren, that opportunity was taken away when on March 29 she learned her mother had been stabbed to death by a man who did not even know of her existence.She said: "I feel empty, knowing that I will never get the chance to repair the relationship with my mum."At the time of her death, Simone was living with Payne in the ground floor flat on the Grange Park estate in Blackpool.