Six years after the murder of Wayne Trotter, police have no leads to help them bring his killers to justice.

Mr Trotter, a 30-year-old father-of-two from Dales Path, died after he was doused in petrol and set alight at 12.35am on Thursday, December 5, 2002.

He died in hospital that day, leaving behind his pregnant wife and three-year-old son.

Speaking on the sixth anniversary of her son’s death, Vicky Cooledge said she is still in anguish over the loss of her son.

Mrs Cooledge said she is devastated no one has helped the police find her son’s killers and begged anyone with information to come forward.

She said: “I am sure sooner or later something is going to happen but until then all we can do is wait.”

Mr Trotter was murdered as he walked home from the plastics factory in Hendon where he worked as a shift team leader.

He had taken a bus from Elstree and Borehamwood Train Station to Furzehill Road, walking from there along Farriers Way to the Farriers estate.

He was attacked in Dales Path, just yards from his home, where his wife, three-year-old son, and his then unborn baby girl lived.

In December 2006, four years after the murder, police admitted they had “no more lines of enquiry” and the case was passed to Hertfordshire Constabulary’s cold case unit.

Speaking then, Mrs Cooledge said: “My family and I are totally devastated that, after four years of pure hell, Wayne’s case is going on the cold shelf.

“The investigating team has done everything that could be done, with the intelligence that was gathered during the course of the four years.

“Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the people involved and witnesses would not come forward with the information needed to help the police solve this case.

“I ask them to walk a mile in our shoes and still sleep at night.”

Throughout the investigation, more than 2,500 leads were followed up and six people were arrested but released without charge, owing to lack of evidence.

Speaking this week, Mick Flavin from the Cold Case Investigation Unit said: “This case remains with the unit and it will be reviewed periodically as and when any new evidence comes to light.

“If anyone feels they have any information regarding this tragic case, however minor they might think it is, then they should contact us on 0845 3300 222.”