Baroness Helen Newlove, whose personal tragedy inspired a lifelong campaign to give victims of crime a stronger voice, has died aged 63.

Baroness Newlove’s activism and campaigns were driven by the murder of her husband, Garry, outside their Warrington home in 2007, after he confronted a gang of youths who vandalised their car.

Three teenagers were convicted of his murder in January 2008, and by 2010, she was made a life peer for her work on youth crime.

As a national voice for victims, she campaigned for authorities to take action against persistent anti-social behaviour and youth violence.

The Conservative peer first served as victims’ commissioner for England and Wales for six years from March 2013 to May 2019.

She was reappointed to the post in October 2023 and was due to serve un

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