SPEAKING after the jury's unanimous verdict that her daughter's murder was contributed to by state failings, Lynn Sutton said she did not want another family to experience their suffering.

Lynn, aged 52, a matron at the Grappenhall care home where Nicola was an assistant, said she was 'content' with the jury's findings.

The mum-of-three said that since the implementation of changes by police, probation and the prison service following her daughter's death in 2006 there have been no more deaths in Cheshire at the hands of high risk offenders.

She said: "Somehow Barry Stone convinced his probation worker that he could change.

"Evil is evil, has many faces and cannot change."

Surrounded by her family outside Warrington Coroner's Court, Mrs Sutton thanked 'the majority of police officers who attempted to protect Nicola only to see their attempts thwarted'.

She also thanked her legal team, the jury and Cheshire Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg for allowing Nicola's story to be explored.

Mrs Sutton added: "Nicola is my daughter and my best friend. She was a loving sister and aunty and had many friends as shown by the 700 people who actually attended Nicola's funeral.

"She is greatly missed. She has left a big hole in all our lives that will never be filled but hopefully no other mother will be stood in the position I am stood in.

"We knew she had been failed. Our one aim from the outcome was to rectify, if possible, those failings.

"I don't want another to mother to go through what I have gone through.

"Hopefully from today things will change and we will achieve what we set out to do."