Tributes have poured in for a "lovely, kind and bubbly" nan who was stabbed to death trying to break up a fight behind a pub.
Emergency services were called out to Cherryfield Drive in Kirkby at around 8.10pm on Monday following reports of a fight. At the scene in the car park, they found a woman, in her 50s, with a stab wound to her chest. She was rushed to hospital where she died a short time later.
The woman has now been named locally as Kirkby nan Karen Dempsey. A local man said that Karen died after she tried to break up a fight between two men in a service road behind the Brambles pub.
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These were some of the tributes left by ECHO readers after the tragic news.
Lesley Parr said: "Those that knew Karen will know what a lovely, kind and bubbly lady she was, lived life to the full but it's been cruelly taken away from her... She'll be missed by many.. RIP Karen and my condolences to her family."
Anthony McAllister said: "Died trying to do the right thing. Some blokes need to check their ego's & learn to walk away."
Stevie Rowe said: "There's nobody Karen wouldn’t help. She always went above and beyond. A legend around our ways and we was all lucky enough to have her."
Christine Bird said: "So sorry to hear this, thinking of her friends and family. Let's end knife crime."
Barbara Paul said: "Rip Karen you were such a lovely woman and done so much for our local community, will remember our chat on the bus yesterday. R.I.P you lovely lady."
Annie Wright said: "In shock RIP Karen great memories from our days we lived next door to each other, thoughts are with all her family."
Anne Âû Darbyshire said: "Is it any wonder people keep themselves to themselves. Hearing that she was trying to break up a fight makes it even more heartbreaking than if she had just been caught in the cross fire. No fight was worth losing her life over. You just can't get involved these days. Her poor family."
Ju Evo said: "I'm so shocked, Karen helped so many people including myself. Thinking of all her family and friends."
Kerry O'Brien said: "Rest in peace Karen one of our own, Kirkby legend."
Jo Brown said: "So sad to hear this, an absolute gem of a lady who constantly went above and beyond helping so many. Always so full of life and smiles, she cared deeply. Devastating loss to all who knew her and the wider community."
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