Friends paint fuller picture of Mercy Baguma: 'She was a rainbow'

After outrage at her death in Glasgow, people who knew her remember her vibrant spirit and her devotion to her son

Mercy Baguma loved colourful lipsticks: red, blue, purple - the brighter the better. It was a reflection of her personality, says a close friend. Mercy was a rainbow," she said. She had such a vibrant spirit. As a friend, she would always put you first. She really was the best of the best."

Baguma, 34, was found dead in a flat in Glasgow at the weekend next to her distressed one-year-old son, prompting outrage as reports circulated that she and the boy had been starving", the latest victims of a brutal asylum system.