article_snippet.sent: That way Kelly-Anne Bates would still be alive.'
article_snippet.sent: I can't face it - I never will,' Mrs Bates said.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Bates and Mrs Bates only daughter Kelly-Anne as a baby .
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Bates said: 'I didn’t know what do to.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Bates was very strong-minded and Mrs Bates wouldn’t listen to Mrs Bates.
article_snippet.sent: One night Mrs Bates came home and Mrs Bates face was black and blue.
article_snippet.sent: Another time, Mrs Bates hand was bruised.
article_snippet.sent: and I'd had enough,' Mrs Bates said. '
article_snippet.sent: it haunts me to think if we had gone round there Mrs Bates would be alive today.'
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Bates said Mrs Bates contacted the police domestic violence unit and was encouraged to give Mrs Bates daughter the police domestic violence unit leaflets.
article_snippet.sent: Mr and Mrs Bates have now set up a local branch of the national support group Support After Murder or Manslaughter (SAMM) for other parents and have found some comfort in helping other families. '