We have had financial donations from our local social club in West Derby called The Fur and Feathers owned and run by Richie Williams a hell of a good falla who does an awful lot of work for the young kids with football and boxing clubs. A couple of Richie’s friends made a donation but they don’t want me and Lee to know who they are so Richie passed on our thanks for us,the members had a charity night for us and a collection. The Eden Vale public house had a charity night for us with four really good acts putting a show on I used to drink in the Eden Vale with my Aunt Betty and Uncle George before they passed away so it was really nice of Linda to have a night for us.   Kev Seed  a very well known person not just on Merseyside but throughout the North West now a presenter for many years on Radio City had an appeal live on his show and was a big help to us even though a delay at the bank meant an awful lot of people could not make their donation at the time. All the donations we have had have been of great financial help to us in getting justice for Gary which is an ever increasing cost. This will go some way with to the huge financial costs in going to Spain for court hearings and the final sentencing trial, meetings in Manchester and London then getting Gary’s body repatriated to the U.K, and to pay for a proper funeral here at home whereGary was born and bred. This is where Gary belongs and where we can all go and pay our respects, put flowers down and say our prayers for him. It is also somewhere that we can take Kieran to and tell what a beautiful, kind, caring, affectionate and loving person his father was LOVED, ADORED now sadly MISSED by EVERYONE who had the pleasure of knowing him.

GAZ WE PROMISE NEVER TO STOP TRYING TO GET YOU HOME MATE xxxxx

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Any person wishing to make a donation can do so at any HSBC bank to THE GARY DUNNE FUND  and would be of enourmous help to us and very much appreciated  Yours sincerely Steve and Lee Dunne

This article is taken from the Liverpool Echo’s Website, dated December the 28th 2007 and its by Greg O’Keefe.

A LIVERPOOL couple fighting to bring home the body of their murdered son from Spain are to have their plight featured on national TV.

Gary Dunne, 22, was stabbed to death by a machete-wielding gang in a resort near Torremolinos on the Costa Del Sol in March 2006.

His parents Stephen and Lesley have been waiting 21 months to try to get him flown home.

Now their case will be the subject of an episode in ITV programme Tonight with Sir Trevor McDonald.

Mr Dunne, from West Derby, said: “We’re still in limbo as another Christmas has gone without us being able to lay Gary to rest in his home town.

“This year has led to more and more frustration so the chance to get our cause highlighted by someone as respected as Sir Trevor McDonald is great.

“I have had several meetings with the programme’s producers and they are as outraged as everyone else.”

In November, the ECHO revealed how an old Spanish law is partly to blame for the delay in bringing Gary home.

His family have been told the remains could not be returned within the next four years unless they were cremated first.

And it emerged that an old Spanish hygiene law covering human bodies was behind the delay.

The Dunnes hopes had been previously been raised by a phone call from the funeral director who told them they could have their son’s body back, so they started to make funeral arrangements.

But then they were told the remains of the young father would have to be cremated in Spain first. It is understood the judge who insisted on cremation was adhering to a law passed for hygiene reasons.

Mr Dunne said: “There have been countless incidents of grieving families being messed around by the Spanish authorities this year.

“It just seems nonsense. All we want is Gary’s body back for a proper family funeral.”

The family said they had been told by their Spanish solicitor that there was no reason for Mr Dunne’s body to be held as the investigation and forensic examination were completed quickly.

Spaniard Victor Posse Navas, 23, will be sentenced early in 2008 for carrying out the brutal killing.

The Dunne’s have now contacted MEP Arlene McCarthy, who has contacted foreign secretary David Milliband, and are working with solicitor Rex Makin.

Tonight with Trevor McDonald featuring the Dunne’s case is on ITV1 in January.

grego’keeffe@liverpoolecho.co.uk

This article is taken from the Liverpool Echo’s Website, dated November the 1st 2007 and its by Greg O’Keefe.

AN OLD Spanish law is preventing Gary Dunne’s parents getting their murdered son’s body back from Spain.

Yesterday the ECHO revealed how the grieving family were told the remains could not be returned within the next four years unless they were cremated first.

And today it emerged that an old Spanish hygiene law covering human bodies was behind the delay.

Gary, 22, from West Derby, was stabbed to death by a machete-wielding gang in a resort near Torremolinos on the Costa Del Sol in March 2006.

His parents have been waiting 20 months to try to get him flown home.

They want his body back intact to allow them to have the family funeral they have been denied.

On Friday, Gary’s father Stephen got a phone call from the funeral director who told them they could have their son’s body back, so they started to make funeral arrangements.

But then on Monday they were told the remains of the young father would have to be cremated in Spain first. It is understood the judge who insisted on cremation was adhering to a law passed for hygiene reasons.

Today Mr Dunne said: “I’ve just had enough. This is the latest shameful incident of a grieving family being messed around and disregarded by the Spanish authorities.

“It just seems nonsense. All we were told was ‘it is Spanish law’. We want Gary’s body back for a proper family funeral.”

The family said they had been told by their Spanish solicitor that there was no reason for Mr Dunne’s body to be held as the investigation and forensic examination were completed quickly.

Spaniard Victor Posse Navas, 23, will be sentenced early next year for carrying out the brutal killing.

Mr Dunne’s mother Lee said: “I’m just totally distraught and totally devastated.

“We thought we’d have him back in time for Christmas and I could say goodbye and ‘happy Christmas son’ but now it seems it’s not going to be that again.

“I can’t do it. I don’t know how much more they are going to throw at me. I can’t understand why this is happening – but I’ll keep fighting until I get my son home.”

The Dunne’s have now contacted MEP Arlene McCarthy, who has contacted foreign secretary David Milliband, and are working with solicitor Rex Makin.

grego’keeffe@liverpoolecho.co.uk

This article is taken from the Liverpool Echo’s Website, dated October the 31st 2007 and its by Greg O’Keefe.

THE parents of a Liverpool man murdered in Spain have been told they cannot bring him home for four years unless his remains are cremated.

Gary Dunne, 22, from West Derby, was stabbed to death by a machete-wielding gang near Torremolinos on the Costa Del Sol in March 2006.

His parents have been waiting 20 months to have him flown home.

They want his body back intact to allow them the family funeral they have so far been denied.

On Friday, Gary’s father Stephen received a call from the funeral director who said they could have their son’s body back.

But on Monday they were informed that the remains of the young father would have to be cremated in Spain first.

Today Mr Dunne said: “I’ve just had enough. This is the latest shameful incident of a grieving family being messed around and disregarded by the Spanish authorities.

“It just seems nonsense. All we were told was ‘it is Spanish law’.

“If we couldn’t cremate him or bury him then OK but to say we can have his ashes but not his body – I don’t see the difference.”

The family said they had been told by their Spanish solicitor that there was no reason for Mr Dunne’s body to be held at all as the investigation and forensic examination were completed quickly.

Spaniard Victor Posse Navas, 23, will be sentenced early next year for the brutal killing.

The Spanish authorities would not comment .

This article is taken from the Liverpool Echo’s Website, dated October the 4th 2007 and its by Greg O’Keefe.

A SPANISH man has admitted hacking Liverpool builder Gary Dunne to death with a machete.

Victor Posse Navas, 23, will be sentenced early next year for carrying out the brutal killing of the 22-year-old in the Costa Del Sol in March last year.

And Mr Dunne’s father Steven today spoke of his fear at the prospect of sitting just yards from his son’s killer in a Spanish courtroom.

He and wife Lesley have been unable to lay Gary to rest since his murder despite a long battle with the Spanish legal authorities.

Gary’s fiancee Ashley Buchanan will join his parents in court.

Steven Dunne, from West Derby, said: “We understand Navas is looking at 14 years which is not what we wanted.

“We hoped they might be able to lock him away for 25 years, but they can’t because he didn’t plan to murder Gary that night.

“Now the hardest thing will be seeing his face for the first time in court. I’m dreading it.

“The girls want to be there too, but I’d prefer it if they weren’t. I don’t want them to have to hear the full details of what happened to Gary.”

A preliminary hearing will take place In Malaga crown court on October 9 when a date will be set for the sentencing.

Merseyside’s Euro MP Arlene McCarthy has held talks with senior officials in Brussels and Spain without success in a bid to help bring Gary’s body home.

Mr and Mrs Dunne want to bury their son in Allerton cemetery.

Another man Vicente Jiminez, who was arrested in connection with Gary’s death, will be tried separately as an accessory to murder.

Interpol detectives swooped on Jiminez last year as he tried to board a flight to South America from a hiding place in Holland.

He had been on the run since March after allegedly being involved on the attack on Gary.

grego’keeffe@liverpoolecho.co.uk