Foster's mother: I forgive my son

Millions of television viewers saw the mother of Shropshire killer Christopher Foster break down in tears as she told how she would never see her grand-daughter Kirstie grow into an adult.

Enid Foster talked candidly about the tragedy as the gruesome horrors of Osbaston House, where Foster killed his wife and daughter before torching the home, unfolded in a powerful television documentary last night entitled The Millionaire and the Murder Mansion.

She broke down as she said all she was left with was photographs and memories and that she would never see her grand-daughter grow up.

However, she also said she had forgiven her son.

She said: "He took their lives away and I know that was wrong. But I think he did it because he loved them. You always love your children whatever they have done. And you always forgive them."

The Channel 4 documentary gave viewers an insight into the lives of the Foster family, who died in Osbaston House, Maesbrook, near Oswestry, on August Bank Holiday last year.

An inquest last week ruled that Foster, 50, had shot wife Jill, 49, and 15-year-old Kirstie before dying of smoke inhalation.

Enid Foster said she and her husband had always been proud of their son's achievements. She added: "I didn't know if they had done a runner and I thought that if they had, well at least they would still be alive."

• Christopher Foster’s brother wants to buy the land where Osbaston House stood and turn it into an equestrian centre for disabled riders as a permanent memorial to his 15-year-old niece. Sales manager Andrew Foster, 46, lives at Castlecroft, Wolverhampton.