Campaigners fighting in the memory of murdered teenager Rebecca Middleton are throwing their weight behind this evening's Stop The Violence march through Hamilton.

About half a dozen members of victim support charity the Rebecca Middleton Foundation will walk alongside grieving relatives of Bermuda's unsolved murder victims, Shaki Crockwell, Marcus Gibbings, Jason Lightbourne and Shaundae Jones.

They say they want to show their support for devastated families in their effort to raise awareness about serious violence plaguing Bermuda.

The walk begins at Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church, King Street, at 6.30 p.m. — half an hour later than reported in The Royal Gazette yesterday. Walkers, many carrying pictures of their loved ones, will head along Church Street to City Hall, where a candlelit vigil will take place.

Rebecca Middleton Foundation treasurer Debra Davis told The Royal Gazette: "When we found out about the march, we felt very strongly about joining in. It's not just about us, it's about all the people. It's good to march in numbers. One murder is one too many."

The group was set up in honour of 17-year-old Canadian tourist Rebecca Middleton, who was raped and murdered in July 1996 after a night out in St. George's. Nobody has ever been convicted for the killing.

The Foundation has branded the investigation into her death a "botched job" and has called for the scrapping of a double jeopardy principle which prevents people from being tried twice for the same crime.

"We feel that our current judicial system falls short in many cases, and does not adequately help families of crime in their pursuit of justice," added Ms Davis.

Members have raised funds to help Rebecca's family fight for justice through the courts, and have promoted crime prevention in Bermuda by distributing personal alarms through the Women's Resource Centre.

Marsha Jones, mother of 2003 Dockyard shooting victim Shaundae, said she welcomed the Foundation's support and hoped many more people would come along.

"If anybody is suffering, we suffer," said Mrs. Jones. "This walk is about any type of violence, not necessarily murder."

Other walkers include Danny Crockwell, whose son Shaki was shot dead on the Railway Trail two months ago; a representative of the family of Marcus Gibbings, who was found stabbed to death in his Devonshire apartment just over a year ago; and a grandparent of Jason Lightbourne, who was shot dead in Paget in July last year.

Everyone is welcome and the walk is set to go ahead whatever the weather.