"I HATE him. He took my boy's life." Those are the moving words of a heartbroken mum still struggling to come to terms with the death of her beloved son.

Jacky Williams today broke her silence to urge people to sign a petition asking the Attorney General to slap a higher sentence on killer Steven Stone.

The 58-year-old, from Clifton, York, along with husband Tom, told The Press of the pain of facing life every day without son Michael Williams.

Stone was jailed for three years last month for the manslaughter of Michael, a father-of-four from Chapelfields.

Michael struck his head on the pavement after being felled by the force of a blow from Stone and died in hospital in February.

Jacky said she would never be able to get over Michael's death, adding her loss had left a huge void in her life.

"I can't talk about him without crying, " she said. "I never ever thought he would die. Not in that way. I have had counselling. I am starting it again because I can't cope with it."

Tom said: "We miss him. We miss him to death. Jacky really loves her kids, she adores them and she's had a piece of her taken away."

Jacky said the family had been left so "disgusted" by Stone's sentence, which could see him freed within a year if he behaves while inside, they have set up a website, Justice For Mike, and started a petition to try to get a harsher sentence for Stone.

"The sentence was disgusting, " Jacky said. "He's 28. He will be out by the time he's 29. He will be out for Christmas.

"My son is dead forever. It was disgusting.

"It's just not long enough.

You take a life, you should get bloody life. I have got nothing against his mother or father, but they will be able to see their son. I won't. I see his grave."

The website, which is branded the Throw Away The Key campaign, states: "He (Stone) will be free soon, to live his life, to see his relations, but Mike Williams won't get that chance again.

Nor will his children get to see their dad.

"He won't be able to see his kids in their school plays, opening their Christmas presents, riding their first bikes, messing around on the beach in summer.

"He won't be able to see his daughter and son married, have grandchildren, listen to his favourite music. For him, there is nothing, while Stone and his kind walk around freely."

Michael's brother, Paul, said the website aimed to highlight the "ridiculous" sentence while ensuring the family took a stand against it.

Jacky said: "Michael was so full of life. He loved life. He lived in the fast line. He lived at 100mph. I still talk to him.

I say good morning when I get up. I talk to him when I go shopping. It (Michael's death) has left a very big hole which we will never be able to fill.

"I hate him (Stone). We want justice to be done. I have never seen him. I don't want to see him. I just hate him for what he's done, even though I don't know him. He took my boy's life."

The petition, which can be viewed at www.gopetition.com/online/9487.html, says: "We, the undersigned, call on those in power in the British Government to look in-depth at the case of the death of Michael Williams, and to increase the sentence of Steve Stone and to look after all those families and people in the same situation."

A general website introducing the family's campaign, called Justice For Mike, can be viewed by logging onto www.freewebs.com/justiceformike

The violent street attack which left children without a father

HIS violent street attack left two children without their dad. But the family of Michael Williams were furious when killer Steven Stone was jailed for just three years.

Stone could be released in just a year with good behaviour - a situation which left Michael's partner, Tara Gondzik, bewildered.

Stone pleaded guilty to manslaughter and affray at Leeds Crown Court.

The court heard how, on February 17, Michael and Tara were drinking at their home in Joseph Edward Mews, Chapelfields, when Stone and three others burst into their living room and asked Michael to go outside.

Stone returned at 10.30pm and another row broke out outside.

Tara told the court: "Steve threw a punch at Mike, but missed.

"Mike then threw a punch back and hit him on the face.

"Steve threw a punch back at Mike which struck him on the face.

"The force of the blow pushed Mike backwards on to the pavement and the road, and he kept falling backwards and hit his head on the road.

"I heard a loud crack where his head had made contact with the road.

"When I screamed at Steve that he had killed Mike, he just laughed."

Stone, who has a string of previous convictions, including for violence, was jailed for three years by Judge James Stewart QC, who said: "What I find sickening was as this man was laid unconscious on the ground, you laughed."

Throw away the key

Four words which have driven a devastated family to share their pain online - with an internet campaign and petition determined to bring a bigger sentence for the man who killed Michael Williams.

Justice For Mike forms part of the Throw Away The Key campaign, a drive by Michael's heartbroken family to get killer Steven Stone a harsher prison sentence.

The site, which claims the three-year sentence handed to Stone was a "snub" to Michael and his family and friends, also implores people to sign an online petition pressing the Government to step in.

The website ends with a chilling picture of Michael's grave, with the stark message: "What has Mike's family got?

This, that's what."

Michael's brother, Paul Williams, said the picture had been chosen deliberately to shock readers.

"We felt we needed to do something, " he said.

"The picture is about shock tactics, because that's what we have to do.

"We can't phone Michael up any more, we can't get together with him any more and this is what people have to see.

"So many times, we have seen cases like this and they just vanish into statistics. I think people should be reminded of what the consequences are."