Yesterday was a difficult day for us as a family. The British Transport Police released a statement in which they essentially closed the case into the incident at Victoria Station which happened before my wife Belly died of coronavirus. We had never thought a prosecution was likely, but it was disappointing to get that news. We are not pursuing a prosecution. We are instead calling for her employer to take action to protect their workers, the way they should have protected Belly. Please help us. 

There are important things we need answers to. Her union, the TSSA, reported it to Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate (the health and safety body of the Office for Road and Rail), and that investigation into the safety of Belly’s workplace is still ongoing. Hopefully that will answer questions like why she was out working on the concourse at all given that she had a respiratory health issue.

Along with the TSSA, we desperately want Belly’s colleagues to have proper PPE to protect them from catching this killer virus. I’m saddened that my wife’s death hasn’t been enough to get her employer to provide visors and other PPE for her friends and colleagues. Will you tweet to Southern Rail to help add pressure? I've created this link to make it easier for you to do so.

We also think that all key workers like Belly should be covered by the government’s NHS compensation scheme. The money can’t bring her back or take away our pain, but it would be recognition of the sacrifice that all key workers have made to help our country through this pandemic.

Thank you for your anger and your support. I’m also angry, but I want change for those still with us as well as justice for Belly. This petition calls for so much more than just a prosecution and I ask you to support us in all those asks.

Lusamba