Sutton mum's anger after daughter's picture deleted from TV Facebook page

Stephanie Stone, of Charnwood Street was ‘shocked’ when the site removed the picture of her Down Syndrome daughter Jocelyn, known as ‘Jossie May.’

The 46-year-old mum of four had posted the image last Tuesday, after Lorraine featured an interview with an Emmerdale actress talking about a Down’s Syndrome storyline.

In the show Laurel Thomas, played by Charlotte Bellamy, learns her unborn baby has the condition and decides to terminate.

On Lorraine Ms Bellamy said "It's going to cause huge debate, its a highly emotive subject.”

Stephanie said: “I amongst others took it upon ourselves to share our beautiful children on the Lorraine timeline. I shared a photo of Jossie May, no words, a picture. Jossie’s photo was deemed offensive and deleted by the Lorraine team.”

Stephanie recently released a video, appeared on Phil and Holly and featured in the Doncaster Free Press.

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"I thought it was because the photo had the wouldntchangeathing frame. After two attempts I posted again the same photo, no frame and it still got deleted. What sort of world do we live in when a photo is deleted of a beautiful four-year-old girl because the photo is deemed offensive?”

"I have the screen shots before they deleted it. It took four attempts and me highlighting it on the blog before they finally kept it up.”

Jossie May is a pupil at the Mapplewells Primary, a mainstream school.

Stephanie said: "She’s an amazing child, everyone loves her. It beggars belief why they took down the picture, lots of people posted pictures and comments and were upset, so I hosted them on my blog.

"All I wanted to do was share a picture showing the reality of life with Down Syndrome. Eventually, they did finally put it up.”

A spokesman for ITV said: “Under ITV's policy we don't allow people to post links to their own social media, blogs, or groups and this seems to be why this confusion has arisen.

"This was an automatic technical process rather than an editorial decision around a photo of a beautiful little girl. When the photo was later posted without the link, it remained on the site.”