Sara Jane Payne, MBE[1] (née Williams; born 1 March 1969) is a British media campaigner known for her campaign for parents' right for a controlled access to the sex offender registry, spurred by the murder of her daughter Sarah in 2000.
They announced their separation in September 2003, blaming the strain of coping with the murder of their daughter Sarah three years earlier.
[2] Since the murder of her daughter Sarah in July 2000, she has campaigned for parents to be given the right to know if a convicted child sex offender is living in their community.
[17] On 23 December 2009, Sara Payne was taken to St George's Hospital, Tooting, south London, following complications after brain surgery in the summer of 2008 to cure a ruptured aneurysm.
[20] On 28 July 2011, it was reported that Sara Payne's mobile phone was one of those targeted by the News of the World as part of the News International phone hacking scandal, which had led to owner Rupert Murdoch's decision to close the newspaper down soon after the allegations were publicised earlier that month.