The daughter of a British expat stabbed during a home invasion in Australia screamed “please help my mum” as her mother lay dying
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Outside the family home on Tuesday, Lee, 43, told how his wife “died trying to protect me and our family”.“We are all just devastated by her loss, it’s senseless.“We both rushed out of our bedroom door, Emma behind me, and saw two people in our house. I didn’t even know there was an issue until my daughter spotted her mum was bleeding.”
She added: “She was the first person I messaged in the morning and the last person I spoke to at night. “Her poor daughters, husband, mum, brother and sister. As a family we are heartbroken to lose the best friend a girl could have. We had a friendship like no other.”She said: “Even though we were 10,000 miles away, we were always together in spirit.Martyn McIntee, 42, another of Emma’s close friends, had planned on visiting her in Queensland in February.“When we were younger, we had a deal that if we weren’t married before we hit 40, we would marry each other.
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