another victim, 59—year—old stephen mellor, a witty and funny man, the inquest was told, who idolisedandchildren. his mother, seen here in pink, read out the family's tributes to her son. his wife cheryl, visibly upset in court, had to listen as her statement was read out. the couple had been doing crosswords on the beach when the attack began. they were on some mantras and saw the suspect was that she said, they were on sun lounges. we were clutching each other in fear. steve and i said, if one of us survives, tell the children we love them. mrs mellor‘s statement went on to describe how the gunman approached them. she saw him looking at a blonde lady nearby. the lady had said, please, no, i have got family. he paused for a moment, and shot. another witness statement described him as smiling as he shot from side to side. cheryl was shot first but survived. stephen died on the beach. i'm only here today due to the bravery of my husband steve, we were being shot and he protected me. he sacrificed himself. steve is a hero to me. cheryl mellor has been left with life changing injuries an

powerful testimony from the wife of one of the british holiday—makers who was killed, a man called stephen mellors wife cheryl. she was in court, but didn't feel prepared or able to actually read the statement herself, so it was one of the lawyers who read it out and it was extraordinary testimony. she described how on that day, 26th june testimony. she described how on that day, 26thjune 2015 testimony. she described how on that day, 26th june 2015 when testimony. she described how on that day, 26thjune 2015 when the gunman attacked, when they heard the gunfire initially, they were lying on sunbeds by the beach and they hid under the sun london undergrounders. she said they were shaking with fear, but they decided not to run because there was so much gunfire going on they thought they wouldn't make it. she looked up and saw the gunman approaching another woman to the side of her. this woman was pleading with the gunman, please do not shoot me, i have family. she said that the gunman paused and then shot her. he then moved closer to them and as he reloaded the gun, and she said that he was lookin

a woman called cheryl mellor who was on the beach at the time of the attack with her husband stephen mellor been enjoying doing a crossword on the beach this morning when suddenly they heard gunfire and of course immediately tried to hide under there are some mantras. she said she was able to look through and see the gunman nearby and he was pointing his weapon at that time towards another woman who was pleading with him saying no, no, i have family. she said the gunman paused and then shot her. the gunman then started to move towards them and of course she said they were shaking with fear. and she saw an orange flame coming from the muzzle of the automatic rifle and she felt intense pain in harm and her leg. she then said essentially she discovered that her husband who had been lying across her protecting her, had been killed. she said, i'm only here today because of the bravery of my husband, he sacrificed himself for me. he is a hero to me. also what we heard today was a statement from another man, at pembroke, he was staying at a nearby hotel and amazingly, when he heard the gunfire, he