'My dad was stuck in his own prison for 13 years'
Natalie and the rest of her family always tried to include her dad in special occasions but struggled not knowing how aware he was.When she was 14, her dad Paul Machin was brutally attacked while walking home from a night out in Peterborough in 2006.His killers have been jailed but for Natalie nothing will bring back all the stolen milestones with her dad.
While working away from his family, who lived in Birkenhead, Merseyside, Paul always phoned his two children every week. "I'd tell him about the kids, other people would read to him because you never knew if he could hear us but we had to try."Milestones and memories are tainted with the knowledge her dad may not have been aware they were happening. Yet they remain some of Natalie's most cherished memories.
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