United in grief: Three mothers who have all lost their sons to knife crime speak out
Sipping cups of tea, three mums meet for the first time but it feels like they’ve known each other for years. They are in a WhatsApp group that no parent wants to be a member of – because each has lost a son to a stabbing attack. Zoe Cooke started the support group after her son Byron Griffin, 22, was ambushed in the street by four men armed with a machete and baseball bat. Clasping a locket with a photo of her son, Zoe said: “The WhatsApp group is a lifeline to relatives who’ve lost someone
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