A MEMORIAL walk is to be held as a tribute to murdered Glasgow businesswoman Moira Jones.

As part of the South Side festival, the community will again come together for a peace walk against violence.

Moira's mum Bea is expected to make a personal tribute to her beloved daughter at the event next month.

It comes almost a year after Glasgow's Queen's Park reopened to the public with a tribute walk following the 40-year-old's brutal death.

Ms Jones's body was found in Queen's Park last May and her killer, Slovakian Marek Harcar, was last month jailed for a minimum of 25 years.

As residents tried to come to terms with the crime last year, the Southside Festival went ahead to bring the community back together.

Local councillor Danny Alderslowe, who is involved in the festival, said: "We wanted to do something in memory of Moira this year. We have decided to hold a memorial peace walk about saying no to violence.

"It is in support of victims of violence and we want to reach a broad spectrum of people.

"Her mum Bea and family want to be involved and her mum has said she would like to say a few words."

The peace walk will take the same form of last year's walk to mark the opening of the park. It will be held on Sunday, June 7, two weeks after the festival, which is on May 23 and 24.

The walk will begin at the Victoria Road entrance to the park and lead through to the orchard area where a tree was planted in memory of Moira last year.

Residents had asked Glasgow City Council to consider renaming the orchard area, near Balvicar Street, as Moira's Orchard.

But a council spokeswoman said it would be unable to proceed with the request.

She said: "We feel the tree memorial planted in Queen's Park last year was the most fitting and appropriate tribute to Moira's life."