"In my view what he needed was psychotherapy, not prison."

"When I recovered myself I told him, 'I’m not crying for David, I’m crying for you. What have you done with your life?"'

"Forgiveness came from wondering how on earth someone could inflict that kind of pain on another human being without feeling anything."

"My wife and I both said after the trial, Adam’s life is gone, but we don’t want to see another life ruined."

"Forgiveness is pragmatic. It offers a real and lasting vengeance."

"My work involves trying to give young people hope, helping them see there is life beyond their teenage years."

"I’m not a victim any more, I’m a survivor."

"He was just a kid, and a bit thick, and here he was in prison, with a criminal record and I was responsible for that."