THE family of murdered Rebecca Steer have paid tribute to their ‘beautiful and amazing’ daughter and sister after Stephen McHugh was found guilty of her murder.

A jury, with a majority of 11-1, found the 28-year-old guilty of murder and grievous bodily harm against Rebecca and Kyle Roberts, respectively at Stafford Crown Court today (Thursday, May 3).

Members of her close and extended family, from Llanymynech, were in court for all seven days of proceedings and also for two days of deliberations and they have thanked the work of West Mercia Police officers and their legal team for the conviction.

They said: “Firstly, we would like to say thank you to everyone who has worked so hard on this case to try to get justice served.

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“All the police, from DCI Mark Bellamy and his incredible team to the prosecution team of Kevin Hegarty KC, Ben Williams, everyone has worked tirelessly, and we will always appreciate their efforts.

“We would also like to thank everyone that has helped and supported us through this, we would like to assure you we will always be grateful.

“Listening and seeing the things we have had to during the trial has been very painful but necessary. Hopefully now we can try to start to heal.

“Rebecca Adelaide Steer, Becca to us, Becky to everyone else was a pure joy to have as a daughter/sister and we all feel lucky to have had her in our lives, but we will always feel robbed.

“So many people have said how they feel so sorry for us and that is only natural, and we are totally humbled by it, but the person people should be feeling sorry for is not us at all, it's Becca.

“We all get to live a life, but through no fault of her own whatsoever, her life was taken from her by a few seconds of someone else's stupidity.

“Her 13-year-old sister Kimberley summed it up perfectly in her letter to Becca at her funeral, she said: 'Becca was doing so well in life, and some stupid idiot stole her away from us'.

“Becca was and always will be 22 in our hearts, beautiful and amazing.

“McHugh is, and always will be, a maggot to us."

Liverpool-born McHugh will be sentenced on Friday at 12pm, also at Stafford Crown Court.