Widower’s battle for wife’s iPhone photos in time for funeral

It is not just their photos, almost all of which were stored on Lynn’s phone, that Martyn wants to recover.

“Lynn was a devout Christian and she also loved music,” he said.

“Obviously I’ve got an idea of one or two, but particularly with the hymns and the Christian songs, I’d love to be able to get into those, to be able to use some of those at her funeral.

“These big parts of her personality, and life, I can’t get access to – and that really upsets me.

“I’m feeling at the moment I’ve got a big hole that I can’t fill with everything that’s stored on that phone.”

As well her photos and music, Martyn said he’d been unable to contact some of Lynn’s friends to tell them she’d died because their details were stored in her phone.