The Crush

Exactly six months ago, a crush brought a concert at the Brixton Academy to an abrupt halt. Two of those who went to the South London venue That Night never Came Home , and their families are still waiting for answers about What Happened .

Social Media footage showed long queues of people, many thought to be ticketless, trying to gain entry to the sold-out gig by Afrobeats artist Asake on 15 December.

Nursing graduate Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, from Newham in East London , and security dog-handler Gaby Hutchinson, 23, from Gravesend in Kent, both died from the injuries they sustained in The Crush . A third person, a 21-year-old woman, remains in a serious condition in hospital.

" She was stunning, so, so beautiful, " says Rebecca's Aunt Mary Ikumelo. " Such a beautiful individual, not only on the outside But also inside. "

" Rebecca was a bubbly person, " says her mother Yetunde Olodo, 59. " She was very outgoing, caring, loving. She was an amazing mother. "

Her children, aged seven and five, face Growing Up without her. " She's got two young kids, they're missing their mom, " says Yetunde.

" They don't really know what actually happened to their mom. We really want justice. "

Speaking to Rebecca's family, their pride at The Work she did to support parents of Autistic Children shines through.

" A lot of women that reached out said The Most amazing things about her, how she selflessly always had time for them, " Mary adds.

" She would give them routines, she would just give them little gems on How To help their children with the autism.

" That's strangers Reaching Out to say how amazing an individual was so you can imagine how blessed The People to have her in their lives constantly were. "

Like Rebecca's family, Gaby's relatives have photographs and memories on Social Media to help remember Gaby.

" I feel that if you ever met Gaby while she was alive, you would never forget her, " her mum Christine told The Bbc . " She would make a really Big Impression on you, hopefully a good one.

" My heart feels like it's broken. It's never going to mend again. I Wish it had been me rather than her because she had A Life To Live and at least I've lived 60 years. "

Her sister Nina described Gaby as " a great soul". The 32-year-old said: " She had a lot of passion in there. She was a real laugh. She was just so loving and caring. "

Half a year on, Christine and Nina say it still doesn't " feel real". They both paid tribute to Gaby's selflessness.

" She never would have walked Out There knowing Someone Else was in danger or needed help, " Nina adds. " She would have stayed and that's what she did. She's a hero, she really is.

" Maybe a stupid one, But she's Our Hero and we're grateful that we did get The Time that we had with her. "

Both families want anyone with any information or footage to share it with police, who say they have spoken to hundreds of people who were there.

" We're angry that there are things that haven't gone right that has led to people dying or being seriously injured and we just want Those People to have justice, " Nina says.

" We want to know how it happened, we want to know why it happened, " adds Mary, " And Then we just want to know how are we Moving Forward going to prevent this from happening to Somebody Else 's daughter, mum, sister, niece.

" All we want is justice, for people to come forward and help us. Whatever they know, they should come and tell The Police .

" It's really, really important for all of us as a community to stand together and to just make sure that this type of thing doesn't happen again. "

Brixton Academy's operator The Academy Music Group , which hopes The Venue can reopen, previously said it was " devastated" about the deaths and that it had " engaged collaboratively" with both Lambeth Council and the Metropolitan Police since The Crush .

Det Ch Insp Nigel Penney, The Met 's senior investigating officer into The Tragedy , said he was " extremely confident" police would get to the bottom of What Happened - But explained that he needed more witnesses to " Help Me piece together The Puzzle as to how that crush ever happened in The First place".

He told The Bbc hundreds of statements had already been taken But " there were thousands of people there, So There 's still a lot to do".

The Detective said his message was a simple one: " Come forward with anything you know, even if it's something you've heard. Come forward if you have material on your phone. Come forward. "

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