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Orkney remembers murdered backpacker
Prayers will be said today at churches across Orkney for murdered backpacker Karen Aim who was battered to death in New Zealand.Last night, the Reverend Miriam Gross, minister at East Mainland Parish Church in Aim's hometown of Holm, spoke of her shock on hearing of the murder.
She said: "Everyone is speechless. If you have children and you lose a child in such a violent way, it is just like your heart has been ripped out of you.
"Karen's family are in a state of shock. They are very respected in our congregation. They are just great people and it is terrible that something like that could happen to them.
"Karen was a very cheery person, very positive. One of her friends described her as being like a 'ray of sunshine'."
Full story at Scotland on Sunday.
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