The family of murdered teenager Victoria Hall has spoken of the "unbearable pain" at the sentencing of her killer.
Steve Wright, who was also named the Suffolk Strangler, is back before the Old Bailey in London after admitted to murdering the 17-year-old earlier this week.
This morning Miss Hall's brother Steven read out statements on behalf of their father Graham.
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He said: “In 1999, we were a normal family and then Steve Wright came along.
“The pain of that week will be with us forever.
“Steve Wright robbed us of seeing Victoria turn into a woman.
“Our son, Steven, has been a rock over the last 27 years. This is the end of the police involvement. But it will never be over for us.
“I miss Victoria every day and will do for the rest of my life.”
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Steven then read out his own statement to the court saying his family's world had been "turned upside down".
He said: “Our family was forced into an exclusive club that nobody wants to be a part of.
"Myself, my mum and our dad had our whole world turned upside down.”
He said Victoria should have been allowed to experience university, marriage and children, chances she was robbed of by Wright.
“It’s an unbearable pain to know that my mum and dad never got to see her do any of these things.
“My eldest is now the same age i was when this happened. Both my children have asked about Victoria.
"Since I was aged 15 I have had 26 years of not knowing what happened to my sister.”
The sentence passed today, he said, “won’t change the hurt and suffering” the family continues to feel.
“It's been 26 years, but time doesn't heal. You just learn to live with it. No matter the sentence, nothing will change the pain we have to live with on a daily basis, the pain he has caused.”
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