‘Nobody was there for us’: mother urges Andy Burnham to reopen case of daughter killed in Texas
Jane Coates, from Warrington, wants the UK government to reopen the case after a Cheshire coroner ruled that her daughter, Lucy, was unlawfully killed. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJane Coates, from Warrington, wants the UK government to reopen the case after a Cheshire coroner ruled that her daughter, Lucy, was unlawfully killed. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianUS gun control‘Nobody was there for us’: mother urges Andy Burnham to reopen case of daughter killed in TexasLucy Harrison, 23, was shot in 2025 with her father’s gun.
- ▪Jane Coates, from Warrington, wants the UK government to reopen the case after a Cheshire coroner ruled that her daughter, Lucy, was unlawfully killed.
- ▪Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJane Coates, from Warrington, wants the UK government to reopen the case after a Cheshire coroner ruled that her daughter, Lucy, was unlawfully killed.
- ▪Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianUS gun control‘Nobody was there for us’: mother urges Andy Burnham to reopen case of daughter killed in TexasLucy Harrison, 23, was shot in 2025 with her father’s gun.
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Jane Coates, from Warrington, wants the UK government to reopen the case after a Cheshire coroner ruled that her daughter, Lucy, was unlawfully killed. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJane Coates, from Warrington, wants the UK government to reopen the case after a Cheshire coroner ruled that her daughter, Lucy, was unlawfully killed. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianUS gun control‘Nobody was there for us’: mother urges Andy Burnham to reopen case of daughter killed in TexasLucy Harrison, 23, was shot in 2025 with her father’s gun. He was never arrested and a grand jury chose not to indict himJosh Halliday North of England editorSat 25 Jul 2026 06.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleLucy Harrison felt that 2024 was her best year yet.
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