The
Nottinghamshire
mother of an
11-year-old
girl, drowned
after being
trapped in a
harness
underneath a
capsized
catamaran two
years’ ago, is
returning to
Greece on
September 18
to attend the
trial of three
men and a
woman on
charges
related to her
daughter’s
death.
Laura Morgan
died on July
31, 2003,
while on a
two-week
holiday with
her mother
Lynne and
older sister
Sarah at Club
Vounaki, an
all-inclusive
watersports
club run by
Sunsail, near
Paleros, on
the island of
Lefkada in
Western
Greece.
The case will
be heard by
the Court of
Misdemeanours
in Lefkada
Town,
beginning on
September 20,
and Lynne is
flying out two
days before.
An inquest
into Laura’s
death was
opened by
Nottingham
Coroner Nigel
Chapman and
adjourned,
pending
investigations.
British police
have since
compiled their
own dossier,
including
witness
statements,
and the Crown
Prosecution
Service in
Nottingham has
been in
contact with
the Greek
investigating
authorities.
Lynne and
Laura’s
father,
Graham, who
were divorced
shortly before
the tragedy,
are determined
that Laura’s
spirit should
live on. They
have set up
The Laura Rose
Memorial Trust
to support
needy children
across the
world.
Earlier this
year, a
memorial
hockey trophy
bearing
Laura’s name
was presented
at Nottingham
Girls’ High
School, where
she was a
pupil; and on
September 14
-- four days
before Lynne
flies out to
Greece -- a
commemorative
seat is being
dedicated in
the school’s
new wildlife
garden.
Lynne is
flying from
Gatwick to
Preveza
(Greece) on
September 18,
and is booked
into the Hotel
Konaki, Ligia
( four
kilometres
from Lefkada
Town where the
trial is being
held) until
her return to
the UK on Oct
3. (
Laura’s 14th
Birthday)
The Laura Rose
Memorial Trust
is a
registered
charity whose
objectives are
to advance the
education of
children and
to relieve
conditions of
need, hardship
or distress
(in any part
of the world
without
reference to
race, creed or
nationality);
and to make
donations and
payment to
other
charities with
similar
objectives.
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION
PLEASE
CONTACT:
Lynne Morgan
26 Smalls
Croft
Woodborough
Nottingham
NG14 6EY
(phone:
0115-9654745)
The Laura Rose
Memorial Trust
is a
registered
charity –
www.lrmt.co.uk
