Katie’s Campaign
Katie’s Story
Remembering Katie Kenyon: a loving daughter, sister, mother and friend, and the reason this campaign exists.
Remembering Katie
Katie was far more than a headline.
Katie Kenyon was a loving daughter, sister, mother and friend. She was only 33 years old when her life was taken in April 2022.
To those who knew her, Katie was a kind, caring woman with a bright smile and a deep love for her children and family. This page shares her story with care, respect and purpose.
Family Memories
Katie’s story begins with the people who loved her.
The family photographs on this page are included because Katie’s life should not be reduced to what happened to her. She was a daughter, a sister, a mother, a friend and a much-loved member of her family.
Katie’s Campaign exists because that life mattered, and because her family want to turn grief into awareness, protection and change.
A Life Remembered
Katie was loved, remembered and deeply missed.
It is important that Katie is remembered as a person first. She was caring, close to the people who loved her most and deeply cherished by her family.
Katie’s Campaign carries her memory forward by turning grief into action, awareness and a call for meaningful change.
What Happened
Katie’s life was taken in April 2022.
On 22 April 2022, Katie left home believing she was meeting someone she knew and trusted. Instead, she was murdered by her former partner, Andrew Burfield, in the Forest of Bowland.
Katie’s murder shocked communities across Lancashire and beyond. For her family, the grief did not end with the conviction. They were left to navigate legal processes while living with unimaginable loss.
Further Context
Watch the Lancashire Police documentary.
Lancashire Police have published a documentary about the case. It was made with the support of the Kenyon family and provides further context for those who want to understand what happened.
Why Katie’s Campaign Exists
Katie’s story is being shared to fight for change.
Today, Katie’s story is shared not only to remember the woman she was, but to help push for change. Behind every statistic is a real person, a real family and a future that has been stolen.
Katie’s family believe the civil justice system must do more to protect victims’ families, recognise coercive and controlling behaviour, domestic abuse and stalking, and deliver fairer outcomes after domestic homicide.
The Domestic Homicide Review
A review finding has led Katie’s family to campaign for change.
Katie’s family have highlighted a recommendation from the Domestic Homicide Review into Katie’s case. For the family, this recommendation shows why reform and stronger safeguards are needed.
Their concern is that civil court processes should not be open to manipulation by perpetrators, and that domestic abuse, coercive control and stalking must be properly recognised within those processes.
Recommendation 4
The family have highlighted a recommendation asking Pennine Lancashire Community Safety Partnership to write to HM Courts & Tribunals Service about the ease with which the perpetrator was able to dishonestly obtain a County Court Judgment using a scam email.
The recommendation asked that steps be considered to ensure staff are aware of common signs that an email is not genuine.
What Katie’s Campaign is fighting for
Katie’s family want the civil justice system to do more to recognise the risks linked to domestic abuse, stalking, coercive control and legal process abuse.
Recognition
Better recognition of coercive and controlling behaviour, domestic abuse and stalking.
Safeguards
Stronger safeguards so civil court processes cannot be abused against victims or families.
Fairer outcomes
Fairer outcomes for victims’ families after domestic homicide.
Please help fight for this change.
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