Mother of boy killed with air rifle has 'positive meeting' with Home Secretary in campaign for change in gun laws

The mother of a six-year-old boy shot by an air rifle says she is encouraged by her meeting with the Home Secretary as she continues to campaign for a change in gun laws.

Stanley Metcalf was killed by his great grandfather, Albert Grannon, at a family gathering in Sproatley in East Yorkshire in 2018 after he accidentally fired his rifle.

Stanley was hit in the stomach and died less than two hours later. Grannon is now serving a thee year prison sentence for Stanley's manslaughter.

Ever since her son's death, Jenny Dees has wanted to make it illegal to own a gun without a certificate. She says since Stanley died, leaving behind twin sister Elise, theirs is a sad house .

She aims to introduce Stanley's Law to make it an offence to use or own an air weapon without a certificate. And in a pivotal moment for her campaign, she met with Home Secretary Priti Patel online, desperate to convince her a change needs to be made.

Jenny says she is encouraged by her meeting with the Home Secretary, saying Ms Patel was 'extremely supportive, showing great compassion and understanding' and said she would help to drive the campaign forward.

Here Jenny tells Calendar's Duncan Wood just how well the meeting went.