THE FAMILY of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne have returned to the Sussex village where she was snatched from for the first time.

Sarah’s mother Sara said she needed to return to Kingston Gorse - where Sarah’s grandparent’s lived at the time of her murder - to give her family some closure.

Exactly 19 years ago tomorrow paedophile Roy Whiting snatched eight-year-old Sarah from the corn fields in the idyllic village.

In a new documentary to be shown this week, Sara returned to Kingston Gorse try to break the hold the tragic events of July1, 2000 have over her family.

Talking to presenter Susanna Reid Sara says: “When I think about her, I think of her playing with her brothers and her sister. If those were her last moments on this earth, then that’s what I would have chosen for her.

“That must have been a lovely afternoon for them. Both the boys are dads now. I can live with her not being here any more. I can’t live with them not being able to live their lives because she’s not. And I can’t have him [Roy Whiting] take any more than he took. He took enough that day and I won’t give him any more.”

Featuring interviews with Sarah’s brothers and sister, as well as her grandparents, who have never spoken before, the documentary explores the case from the Payne family’s perspective, going behind the headlines to explore how they coped at the time, and the long-lasting impact it has had on all of them.

The abduction and murder of Sarah shocked the nation, particularly when it was revealed the culprit Roy Whiting was a convicted paedophile who had committed a similar crime - though not murdered the girl - some years previously.

Sarah’s mother campaigned to change the law, allowing concerned parents access to the sex offender register, and succeeded in changing the criminal justice system.

A decade on, as she turns 50, Sara Payne gives Susanna a vivid insight into her daughter, her family and the effects the murder and ensuing court case had on those left behind in their wake.

In the documentary Sarah’s brother Luke, now 30, reveals the guilt he still feels that his last words to his sister were “f*** off. just go then.”

He said: “It just eats me away. I don’t get a lot of sleep really. I dread the night time when i put my head on the pillow.

“I always think about what she would be like now.

“I always wonder what she would be at. What she would be doing.

“The thing is people don’t know how special she was. She’s just a picture of a face and a name to a law.”

Lee , now 32, said: “I did for a few years beat myself up about it. Its hard to say how you move on from something like that.”

Charlotte, 25, said: “ After something like that happens everyone in you family feels guilt. You feel guilty for even being alive when they’re not.”

Whiting, 60, is serving 40 years in prison at HMP Wakefield and will be eligible for parole when he is 82.

Sarah Payne: The Untold Story is on ITV on Thursday at 9pm.