April Jones’ sister says she NEVER wants killer to reveal what he did to five-year-old’s body
Jazmin, 21, says she doesn't want to know what April's killer did to the five-year-old's body because it would 'destroy' her family
APRIL Jones' sister has said she NEVER wants the five-year-old's killer Mark Bridger to reveal what he did with her body.
Jazmin Jones claimed the details of what happened to April - who was murdered by paedophile Mark Bridger, would too painful to know.
April was snatched as she played outside her home in Machynlleth, Wales, on October 1, 2012.
In an interview with LBC, Jazmin said: "When you lose someone anyway, it's an emotional time but losing someone like this where you don't know what's happened, you haven't got anything to bury, you haven't got anything to say goodbye to, your entire world just falls apart.
"At first I was really angry because I just wanted to say goodbye.
"But then, I got to the point when I was like, he's never gonna say anything so I don't know why I'm keeping my hopes up ... there's no point in giving ... my time or energy about it. It's just not worth it."
Bridger was convicted of the murder, child abduction and perverting the course of justice.
He told the court he could not remember what he had done with April.
Jazmin said knowing exactly what happened to her sister could have "destroyed" her family.
She said: "I think it's easier for us not to ever know.
"We all have our own sort of beliefs that this happened or that happened but finding out what really happened, that could wreck anyone, because it's not something you'd wanna know in such a brutal way as that."
April vanished after being seen getting into a vehicle near her home in Machynlleth, Wales, on October 1, 2012.
Local and national press immediately covered her disappearance and the subsequent appeal to find her.
Her mum made an emotional appeal about her daughter, which led to Prime Minister David Cameron also issuing an appeal.
A large search operation was launched in the area near her home including police and search and rescue teams.
The day after she vanished a 46-year-old local man, Mark Bridger, was arrested after he was found to match the description of the man in the vehicle she had got into.
Bridger was charged with child abduction, murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice, before being additionally charged with unlawful concealment and disposal of a body.
On January 14, 2013, he pleaded not guilty but accepted he was "probably responsible" for her death.
At Mold Crown Court on April 29, 2013, a forensic expert told the court fragments of human bone and blood which matched April's DNA were found in parts of his cottage.
Bridger claimed he had accidentally run over the youngster in his car and could not remember disposing of her body due to alcohol and panic.
On May 30, 2013, he was found guilty of abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice.
He was sentenced to life in prison. The conviction led to the creation of tougher laws for sex offenders.
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