Her name is written in black and blue

Elinor O'Brien was just 22 years old when she had her life stolen by a man who said he loved her.

The 'loyal' and 'beautiful' young woman was stabbed by her 45-year-old partner Kevin Mannion at his flat in the Great Northern Tower off Peter Street in August 2022. The 'violent monster' was handed a life sentence at Liverpool Crown Court in March last year with a minimum term of 23 years after a jury found him guilty of murder, wounding with intent and controlling and coercive behaviour.

Now she is one of seven women killed in domestic homicides to be remembered with a black and blue plaque at the site of her death. The campaign, run by organisation Killed Women, aims to highlight what they call 'outdated' sentencing laws for those killed in the home.

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Each bespoke plaque will include each woman's name, their life span, and then the words;' killed here’, the sentence given, and ‘Murder is murder, change the law.’

Killed Women founders Julie Devey and Carole Gould started campaigning for change following the brutal murders of their daughters, Poppy Devey Waterhouse (24) and Ellie Gould (17), by their ex-boyfriends. The organisation say both women’s perpetrators received a starting tariff that was significantly less than if the women had been murdered out of the home - meaning their murderers will serve less time in prison before being considered for parole.

They are now calling on the Labour government to make good on Conservative promises to change the sentencing guidelines to bring them in line with murders outside of the home.

Over two years since Elinor O'Brien's tragic death, the plaque aims to push for change by