THE family of a Blackwood woman murdered by terrorists on a beach in Tunisia have said the seven life sentences her killers were handed are “not enough”.

Care worker Trudy Jones was among 51, was among 38 people killed by a gunman who open fired at a beach resort at Sousse, in Tunisia, in June 2015.

Aymen Rezgui walked onto the beach of the Imperial Hotel and used an assault rifle to shoot tourists, killing 38 people, including 30 Britons.

Rezgui, a Tunisian student who trained with Libyan militants, was killed about 15 minutes later by police.

An earlier assault in March 2015 at the country’s famous Bardo museum killed 22 people, including another UK citizen.

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(Family photo of Trudy Jones)

Seven people have now been jailed for life following a trial over the two terror attacks which killed 60 people, including 31 Britons.

Other defendants received jail terms ranging from 16 years to six months, while the charges against 27 of the suspects were dismissed, according to Mr Ben Amor.

None of the defendants received the maximum penalty of capital punishment for a range of charges that include premeditated murder, threatening national security and belonging to an extremist-linked group.

The prosecution has said it will appeal the verdicts.

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Speaking to the South Wales Argus on behalf of Ms Jones’ family, her sister Jane Lewis of Apollo Way, Blackwood, said that while the family were pleased with the convictions they were not enough for the crime committed.

“They deserve to get exactly what she got,” said Ms Lewis.

“It will be four years in June and I don’t think anyone in our family will ever come to terms with what happened to Trudy.

“If you knew her you would know that you couldn’t wish for a nicer person. It’s so hard to think that she had such a tragic end to her life.

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(The funeral of Trudy Jones)

“She had four wonderful children, and our mum is 86 now and it’s very hard for all of us.

“What’s awful is that the people who did this will think they were doing the right thing.

“I just can’t understand why she had to die. I wake up and think of her every morning – we all do. It never goes away.

“We welcome the sentences, but I don’t think they go far enough. The whole family would support an appeal pushing for harsher sentences.

"They can do whatever they have to do with them as far as we are concerned. They knew what they were doing, and they knew they were going to slaughter all those people."