"She was most recently appointed to the role in 2023, and was due to serve until the end of this year. She previously served as commissioner from 2012 to 2019. Calling her an "extraordinary public servant", Lammy said: "Her leadership shaped the Victims' Code, strengthened victims' voices in the criminal justice system, and ensured that the Victims and Prisoners Act progressed with victims' interests at its heart.""
"In August 2007, her 47-year-old husband was killed when he confronted a gang of youths who had vandalised their car, in Warrington, Cheshire. At the time, the court heard that he was kicked "like a football" in front of his daughters during the attack. Three teenagers were convicted of his murder in January 2008, and Lady Newlove was made a life peer for her work on youth crime in 2010."
""Helen was a committed and passionate advocate for victims," her office said in a statement, adding that she was a "dear friend and a respected colleague" who "transformed" the role of commissioner. Her office said Baroness Newlove "consistently led by example", and that she "reshaped the office into a trusted voice and genuine force for victims". It added that she was driven by her own experience of the criminal justice system."
Baroness Helen Newlove, victims' commissioner for England and Wales, died aged 63 after a short illness. The Conservative peer was appointed twice to the commissioner role, most recently in 2023 and previously from 2012 to 2019, and was due to serve until the end of the year. Campaigning followed the 2007 killing of her husband Garry after he confronted youths who had vandalised their car; three teenagers were convicted in 2008. She was made a life peer in 2010. She championed victims' rights, reshaped the commissioner's office, influenced the Victims' Code and Victims and Prisoners Act, and received high-profile political praise.
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