The father of murdered student Karen Buckley revealed he has forgiven his daughter’s killer. Pacteau battered the 24-year-old with a spanner and then strangled her after meeting her outside a nightclub. More than a decade after the horrific killing, father-of-four Mr Buckley said: ‘I do forgive the man that murdered Karen. He said: ‘Before Christmas I wrote to the prison authorities and their suggestion was to write a letter to him. The astonishing show of mercy is a dramatic shift for Mr Buckley, who previously branded Pacteau a ‘truly evil coward’ after he pleaded guilty to the murder in 2015.

Source: Daily Mail February 22, 2026 21:24 UTC