Six jailed for life for 'senseless' murder of innocent woman

During the sentencing, emotional victim impact statements were read out in court. Joanne Penney's son, Cody Griffiths said: "I can't put into words what's happened to our family. "To have the person who brought me into this world and gave me life to be taken away from me in such an awful way is something I will never come to terms with. "You shot my mother through the heart and shot her whole family through the heart too. I will never get to see or speak to her again. "You will never begin to imagine what you have taken from us. To you she meant nothing but to us she meant everything. "My mother will never be able to see me get married, will never get to meet my children. Can you imagine living life without your mother?" A statement from Joanne Penney's two teenage daughters was also read out. They said: "We're writing this to the people who killed our mum and anyone who helped them to explain how you changed our lives forever. "Being told our mum was killed is something we'll never forget. How could someone do something so cruel? "We felt lost, scared, and angry. We still feel this way. Now we keep asking ourselves why our mum was shot? Was she frightened? Did she know what was happening? We can't stop thinking about her last moments. It must have been terrifying for her and it's very painful for us to imagine. "We were given memory boxes but we didn't have any memories to put inside and we never will. …