Cameron for "very tough" punishment

January 07, 2012 03:29 am | Updated November 17, 2021 04:18 am IST - LONDON

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday offered to meet Anuj Bidve's parents if they wished as he called for “very tough punishment” for his killer saying that it was an “absolutely horrific act'' that had “cruelly and brutally” ended a young life.

“It's unacceptable to have this sort of crime going on in our country,” he said.

Expressing “huge sympathy” for Anuj's parents, he said it was “absolutely essential” that the police “got to the bottom of what happened” and made sure that the killer was brought to justice.

‘An absolutely

horrific act'

“My message, on behalf of the whole country, is one of huge sympathy and understanding to them. An absolutely horrific act has taken their son away from them, and it is absolutely essential the Greater Manchester Police do everything they can to get to the bottom of what happened and make sure the person is rightly brought to justice and there is a very tough punishment.”

Mr. Cameron said he would be “very happy” to meet the Bidve family.

“They haven't made that request — quite understandably they want to come and see where their son was killed, what happened at the end of his life, and I hope the Manchester police are giving them every facility to do that, I have huge sympathy for them — if they make that sort of request I would do so.”

Mr. Cameron reportedly spoke to Anuj's family on phone.

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