Omar was always careful to make sure nobody he knew ever saw him enter or leave his local bookies. As a Muslim man, gambling for him is forbidden.
01.03.2023 - 13:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The families of a young couple killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack have told of their anguish at a law that prevents them from registering the deaths of their children. Teenage sweethearts Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry were among the 22 people killed in the attack in May 2017.
But almost six years on their mothers, Lisa Rutherford and Caroline Curry, say have been unable to complete the 'final act a parent can do for their child' by registering their deaths, ChronicleLive reports.
That's because the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 states that when a death has been subject to an inquest the information for the registration can only be provided by the coroner. In other cases, the information is provided by a "qualified informant" which is usually a family member.
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The Manchester Arena Inquiry, which was launched to investigate the deaths of the victims of the Manchester Arena attack, has been ongoing since September 2020.
However, Lisa and Caroline, from South Shields, have argued that being able to register their children's deaths is an important part of the grieving process and that the current law takes away the choice of parents to do so. Lisa and Caroline have now launched a petition calling on the Government to change the law so that parents in the future are able to register the death of their child, regardless of the circumstances.
The change.org petition has already gathered more than 1,900 signatures in just two days. You can sign it here.
"He was my son, I gave birth to him and it's my job [to register his death]. It's not the job of someone who didn't know him just because of the way he was
Omar was always careful to make sure nobody he knew ever saw him enter or leave his local bookies. As a Muslim man, gambling for him is forbidden.
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