Mother of Nottingham attack victim Barnaby Webber says family is ‘hanging on by a fingernail’

The mother of Nottingham attack victim Barnaby Webber said her family is barely 'hanging on'.Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00What about your mental health and your family's and your, I mean, how are you doing?

00:05I always say this, and it's true, we're hanging on literally by our fingernails,

00:10but we're hanging on and we are taking and we are getting support and we've got a great

00:14group of people around us, but the fallout from this tragedy is enormous and the support

00:22the victims get after this tragedy is appalling. It's nowhere near what it needs to be. I think

00:28what has to happen is if you're a victim thrown into this horror, there has to be much better

00:33support from the Ministry of Justice. They have the Homicide Victim Support Team, which is a

00:39wonderful title to get their book from, but you need more than 12 paid full therapy sessions,

00:45you need more than a caseworker that's available Monday to Friday, nine to five, and you make an

00:49appointment to have a call with them. We have businesses, we have relationships, we have other

00:55children, so the effect on the economy as well as the mental health.