No WONDER Kathy Taylor is an angry and bitter woman today over what's happened in the case of her murdered daughter.

Katrina Taylor was stabbed to death three years ago in the graveyard of the mother church of Brighton, St Nicholas in Dyke Road.

Two drug dealers were convicted of the crime and jailed for life two years ago at Lewes Crown Court.

Now the pair have been cleared after after a retrial in which their barrister successfully argued there was no case to answer.

The question Mrs Taylor wants answered is: if these two men didn't kill her daughter, then who did?

Police have done their best to secure convictions in this case, and the murder file remains open.

But unless detectives find someone else responsible for this terrible crime and he is convicted, Kathy Taylor's faith in British justice will be destroyed for ever.

Time to listen

BRIGHTON'S dustmen used to be a byword for bad industrial relations. They were overstaffed, inefficient and prone to striking at the drop of a bin.

But in the last few years they've been a hard-working lot, prepared to turn out in all weathers to do a job few others would relish.

That's why councillors really ought to sit up and take notice of their gripes, noisy though they may be, about arrangements with new employers Sita. The men fear job losses and working arrangements will be impossible.

Brighton and Hove wants an efficient dustbin collection service, but it doesn't want the men to have worse conditions and security than now.

Bar star bolts

Regulars at the Vine in Tarring High Street, Worthing tore up their petition against the new pub dog when they met Meg, a Staffordshire bull terrier.

They had thought Meg's arrival would lead to the banishment of Bonnie, the much-loved resident cat.

But Meg seems to be a softy, and new landlord Steve Culyer is happy for the pair to be there together.

Sadly, Bonnie doesn't yet share the customers' view and has done a runner. Only if she comes back will Steve find if they can be good friends or fight like cat and dog.

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