Gallagher's mother helped raise her many brothers and sisters, after her own mother died when she was 12 years old.

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Eighteen-year-old Mashadi is typical: Her father died four years ago, leaving her mother as the sole breadwinner.

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The 49-year-old mother-of-two, from Royal Wootton Bassett, died from her injuries at the scene in Foxhill, Baydon, on 23 September 2010.

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Michelangelo explained that he had carved her tender features while thinking of his own mother, who had died when he was just six years old.

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