LOVE HEALS PAIN FOR GRIEVING PARENTS

“We support each other and we’re helping each other to get through everything. And we can always talk to each other about the girls.” 

Mr Green added: “We are in love. The relationship is great. I just wish we had met years ago so Kirsty could have met her. That would have made things even better.” 

Their newfound joy was tempered yesterday when a sheriff decided not to recommend changes to the law following the fatal accident inquiry into Robyn’s death. She was knocked down in September 2008 after getting off a school bus only yards from her home near Turriff in Aberdeenshire.

Mrs Oldham has been campaigning to make it illegal for vehicles to overtake stationary school buses.

But she said she was “angry and upset” that Sheriff Gordon Fleetwoodmade no such recommendation following the two-day inquiry held in Banff last month.

In his written judgment Sheriff Fleetwood said he was impressed by the “extensive and appropriate steps” taken by Aberdeenshire Council to try to avert a similar tragedy.

Robyn joined Turriff Academy when her mother and husband Derrick moved to the area in August 2008. She and Kirsty began a friendship which was tragically cut short after just three weeks when Robyn was killed.

But, just 10 months later, Kirsty herself died when a car, being driven by a friend, collided with another on a remote country route.

Mrs Oldham separated from her husband last summer, blaming the strain of Robyn’s death, and Mr Green has been separated from his wife for three years.

They met last year when Mr Green arranged to erect a plaque featuring both girls at Turriff Academy.

The couple now plan to continue their campaign to prevent similar tragedies happening.