Samuel Newey's father says his son was 'the light of all our lives, he was the whole family's baby boy with the cheeky character to match'.
He told Sky News:"…but that was not meant to be after all the aftermath of our arrests for supporting Daniel… the fallout from that has affected our lives in different ways."In a statement, he continued:"When Daniel decided to go to Ukraine to help the war effort, Samuel decided to follow by being a medic which he did with great bravery, helping anyone he could.
"But after seeing things that nobody should ever see Samuel wanted to do even more by helping to defend the innocent people of"Samuel has paid the ultimate price for defending people he has never met before he went to Ukraine.The family described the"senseless waste of human life on both sides". Sam's father said he takes no comfort in the fact"some Russian family is feeling exactly the same way I feel today after losing their loved one".He added the family is"praying for a quick end to this war so my beautiful son can be one of the last fallen brave".On the Just Giving website his mother, Vikki Downes, said her son had been studying psychology at university when the war started.
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