On the morning of the attack, Mrs Stephens said she was sitting with her son in his bedroom.
Then I thought that ‘your family needs you’. “The day after Olly was murdered I was washing my hands in the downstairs toilet. How do they carry on, how do they put one foot in front of the other? In her impact statement, Olly’s mother Amanda said: “People say to those grieving ‘you’re so strong how do you carry on?’ I never understood until now. He added: “We knew him the best we miss him the most”, but said Olly had been a son, brother, nephew, grandson and cousin, and his loss was felt by his family, friends, teachers and everyone who knew him. This is a question we will be asking ourselves for the rest of our lives.”Īddressing one of his son’s killers, he said: “You might as well have stuck your knife in me the damage you have done.” “As I held Oliver’s cold lifeless hand begging him not to leave us, I wondered what kind of evil could lead to this happening to a defenceless child. He told the court: “As parents we like to think we have the strength of character to deal with our children’s problems. Olly’s father Stuart Stephens held Olly’s football shirt and black and white chequered glasses during the sentencing. The judge said the sentences would seem “unbearably short” to Olly's family, but “unbearably long” for the defendants. “The effects of what you did will stay with you and with Olly’s family forever.” “You have taken one life, damaged your own futures and you have caused so much pain to so many people.
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