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09/04/2008
Murdered Damilola's Mother Dies
Gloria Taylor, the mother of murdered Damilola Taylor, has died following a suspected heart attack.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said that Mrs Taylor, 57, was taken to hospital after she collapsed while out walking with her husband in Shooters Hill, south east London on Wednesday night.
She was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at hospital.
A police spokewoman said in a statement: "A post-mortem examination will take place in due course. The incident is being investigated by local borough officers and is currently being treated as non suspicious."
Damilola, ten, died after being stabbed in the leg in the North Peckham estate in south London in 2000.
Brothers Danny and Rickie Preddie were charged with his manslaughter in 2006 and are serving eight-year sentences.
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A Metropolitan Police spokesman said that Mrs Taylor, 57, was taken to hospital after she collapsed while out walking with her husband in Shooters Hill, south east London on Wednesday night.
She was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at hospital.
A police spokewoman said in a statement: "A post-mortem examination will take place in due course. The incident is being investigated by local borough officers and is currently being treated as non suspicious."
Damilola, ten, died after being stabbed in the leg in the North Peckham estate in south London in 2000.
Brothers Danny and Rickie Preddie were charged with his manslaughter in 2006 and are serving eight-year sentences.
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