Two brothers on a mission to help other domestic abuse victims

Two brothers say they want to help victims of domestic violence, two years after their mum and sister were murdered by their dad in Spalding.

Luke and Ryan Hart were working abroad when their father Lance Hart shot Charlotte, 19 and Claire, 50, near the Castle Sports Complex in the Lincolnshire town before turning the gun on himself.

It happened in July 2016- days after they fled their family home, after years of abuse.

On the second anniversary of the tragedy, the brothers have written a book about their ordeal to help others suffering from domestic abuse.

They say it is their "moral obligation" to be a voice for the voiceless, whether that be the fallen victims of domestic abuse or those who are still too terrified to speak out against their perpetrators.

The book titled 'Operation Lighthouse' - was named after the police investigation into their mother and sister's murders - to expose the complexities of domestic abuse through harrowing testimony of their father's abuse.

"We never considered that he would kill us because we never considered how dangerous that controlling mentality actually is. Ryan explains.What keeps me going is we can live through the love that they gave us, we can share their meaning, their story, their message - if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have got through the last two years.We have created a book to not only help others but it's our mum and sister's legacy."