Man shot fiance and two kids dead after dealer didn't reply as sister calls for stricter gun laws

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A woman whose twin sister and two nieces were murdered in coldblood by her brother-in-law is calling on the government to make it harder for people to own a gun.Robert Needham, 42, murdered his fiancee Kelly Fitzgibbons, 40, and their daughters, Ava, four, and Lexi, two, with a shotgun in the family home before turning it on himself.Prior to the murder-suicide, which occured in March 2020, there had been no signs of domestic violence and no obvious motive behind the tragedy, reports the Mirror.Kelly’s twin, Emma Ambler, now 44, wants ministers to ban people from keeping rifles and shotguns in their homes after the bloodbath in Woodmancote, West Sussex.

Emma, from Birmingham, tells the Mirror : “I still cannot believe that I will never see my beautiful sister and nieces again.“There were no signs that they were ever at risk.“My own children had stayed overnight in the house several times.“Rob seemed like a great guy.

I trusted him 100% and I’m sure Kelly did too. Their life seemed idyllic. Every day I ask myself how anyone could murder their own children.“The day he killed them, he’d spent the afternoon putting up a playhouse in the garden for the girls.

Kelly told me how excited they were, but he knew they were never going to play in it. He’d already hidden bullets in the washing basket.”It was known Needham enjoyed shooting as a hobby - however, the wider family were unaware he kept a gun at home and are unsure whether Kelly fwas aware of that fact either, according to the inquest into the horror killings.Emma, who launched the Kelly Fitzgibbons Foundation to support people bereaved in traumatic circumstances, says: “I was horrified when I realised how easy it is to get a gun.