Emma pictured with her newborn baby niece in 2005.

Marlene Housley, mother of the late Emma, has told Times of Malta of the raw, undiluted pain that the tragic demise of her daughter had permanently etched on her.

“I will never stop missing her. My pain is forever,” she said in a choked voice.

“I hope that we will never have to step foot in court again.”

Ms Housley said she felt justice had now been served, after the driver was let off with a suspended sentence in 2009.

“That was a huge injustice – they did not even take away his driving licence.

“It was clear he was lying on the speed he was driving at because he left brake marks that dragged on for 102 metres.”

She said she believed the sum of €240,000 in damages was “fair” but not over the top. The judge assumed an income of €15,000 per annum.

“My daughter wanted to be a policewoman – she would have earned more than that. She had her whole life in front of her.

They did not even take his driving licence away

“Before she passed away, she was in Belgium, visiting her firstborn niece. In June I became a grandmother and in August I buried my daughter.

“I can still picture her going up the escalator, waving goodbye...”