A MELKSHAM woman who lost her daughter in the Bristol Royal Infirmary heart scandal is backing parents all over the country claiming compensation for their children's lost organs.

Thousands of families whose relatives had organs taken without consent by the NHS began a High Court battle this week for compensation.

They claim health chiefs offered some £1,000 compensation compared with the £5,000 compensation offered to parents of children whose organs were taken in the Alder Hey Hospital scandal.

Marie Edward's daughter Jazmine died at five-months and had her heart removed without permission at the BRI.

Miss Edwards said: "I have not gone forward with litigation because I wanted peace of mind after all that time and did not want solicitors' letters dropping on my doormat every other day.

"I cannot see why some people have been offered different amounts of compensation to others.

"The pathologists have committed the same act in every instance so the compensation should be exactly the same for every parent."

She said she hoped new government legislation will mean people would no longer be forced to go through the trauma of having organs taken from deceased relatives without consent.