My apologies if I have in any way offended you Mr Dessoy, that was not my intent. Nor was I in any way morbidly interested in the recent death of your sister.

The story was submitted to wikinews by another contributor, and my interest in the age of your sister was due to the various sources used having conflicting information. I stress, it was the accuracy of the report I was interested in.

My condolences to you for your loss, and I hope you can accept my apology for any inadvertently caused upset.

Brian McNeil.