The parents of two murdered schoolgirls have pleaded for their killer to finally be brought to justice.

Twenty-five years after the bodies of Nicola Fellows, ten, and Karen Hadaway, nine, were found in Wild Park, Brighton, their families have demanded the police re-open the case.

Karen’s mother Michelle Johnson said: “We are the ones who have been given the life sentence. We will never give up until our dying day.”

Barrie Fellows, Nicola’s father, said: “Their souls are trapped in this park and they won’t be able to rest until the person who killed them is dead or in prison. Until then, none of us can rest.”

Yesterday family and friends gathered to release two white doves in memory of the girls as they marked a quarter of a century since they were murdered.

They said their fight for justice will go on until someone is convicted of the murders.

For Nicola’s mother, Susan Eismann, the anniversary is a painful reminder of what she has lost over the past 25 years.

She said: “Sometimes I drive past the park and I think ‘why is my girl in there? Why isn’t she a woman now with a family and a life?’.

“People tell you life goes on and that I need to put it behind me, but how can I? How can you forget that your child was murdered?

“To have any sort of peace of mind we need to know who did this.”

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “This remains an unresolved investigation. It has been thoroughly reviewed several times through the force’s formal review process for all such unresolved serious crimes and there is no evidence or other information that would cause the investigation to be re-opened.

“Our thoughts are with the families at this particularly poignant time, and as with all such cases we will always consider any further information or evidence that is supplied to us.”

Anyone with any information can contact Sussex Police on 0845 6070999 quoting Operation Salop, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 5551111.