Paula Platt told reporters how she had rushed to the scene of the crime to find her daughter dying as she drifted into unconsciousness. "I said, 'Come back to us, I will be waiting for you.' She said, 'I will, but I can't talk. I'm in too much pain.' Those were the last words she said to me." Nottingham has seen a spate of gun crimes in recent years, blamed mainly on drug gangs, and police have said they were aware there was a climate of fear. Beccan, who lived in the area where she was shot, had spent last Friday evening at Nottingham's annual Goose Fair and was walking home with friends when she was shot. 0141 Local Time 2241 GMT
