Many thanks to all those who sent in questions and messages of support to Jean. She answered a selection of your questions on Monday 27 September.
Matt Childs, Manchester: I am sorry for your daughter's death and would like to ask how you and your family coped after such a terrible tragedy?
Jean MacColl: As best we could. We are a very united family and that makes a world of difference. It took two or three weeks, probably a bit longer, to know how we were going to manage. Our main concern was looking after the boys - that was everybody's priority. We just looked after each other and it was only gradually that we began to hear stories from Cozumel. All these things take time to sink in. We had to arrange the funeral and we had to arrange the memorial, so that concentrated our minds too.
Steve Allan, Ashfield near Dunblane: Couldn't boycotts be launched against Nova's business interests, as part of the campaign?
Jean MacColl: Absolutely. His business interest in the UK is the shop Costco and everybody should boycott it completely. The only way you can get to this man is through his pocket.
Kathryn, Pontefract: Did Gonzalez Nova ever offer any condolences to you or your family?
Jean MacColl: No. He has never contacted me or anyone else in the four years since the incident.
Gary Panczyszyn, Derby: I wonder whether the campaign is going to have beneficial or adverse effects on Kirsty's two sons, whose feelings I can only begin to imagine. Are they supportive of the campaign?
Jean MacColl: They are very supportive and I have told them everything I've been doing and everything that has happened with the investigation and the lawyers. Ever since the accident happened, I told them if they didn't want to know then I wouldn't tell them, but they both wanted to know and I have kept them informed all the time. They are very pro the campaign.
Mark White, Aylesbury: Is it possible to get the British government involved as Kirsty was a British subject who was killed in a foreign country?
Jean MacColl: They are now involved. At first we had no help from anybody. We had no help from the British ambassador or consul, we had no help from the Foreign Office, or the Mexican government. Now we have good help from the Foreign Office and good help from the British Embassy. Questions are now being asked in the House and we are beginning to get the government on our side.
Mandy, Fareham:
How far has the case progressed?
Jean MacColl: We're now taking the case to the Attorney General in Mexico City. We were there last March and he said that he would monitor the case. Well, the case has fallen through, so we want to know what he's doing now. We want a case for perjury and if we don't get satisfaction there we'll go to the International Court of Human Rights in America. That's the highest level we can go to and then they'll bring a case against Mexico State. We don't want that.
Brian Keeley, Brighouse, West Yorks: I was very moved when watching the programme. Is there anything at all that you need from people in the UK with regard to helping you to get justice for Kirsty?
Jean MacColl: There's a lot people can do. Firstly, if they have email then they should sign up to our mailing list at the Justice for Kirsty website.
They should contact their MPs to raise questions in the House, and to continually bombard them. It's not just a question of once or twice - everything they do has to go on and gain momentum.
They can tell people to boycott Costco. We also want to send out masses of postcards to the Mexican president. It's a very easy thing to do - if one person takes 10 or 20 leaflets and makes sure every postcard goes, we could get thousands sent. 8,000 have ben sent but we want another 8,000 to go. The Mexicans themselves said keep sending the postcards. People can get these from our website.
The other thing, of course, is that we do need money, and there's information on the website about how to donate. Without fundraising we don't have a campaign, and if we don't have a campaign then this man's won.
Liz Morgan, Cardiff: Would the campaign advise people not to visit Mexico help if the death of a foreign visitor is treated so lightly?
Jean MacColl:
Yes. Don't visit Mexico because at the moment it's too dangerous and people should also advertise the fact that it's too dangerous. Go to the Mexican tourist office and ask people not to go to Mexico. Placard it. Tell people not to go to Mexico until there are laws which enforce safety for divers and tourists. As our lawyer Fred Shortland said, at the moment it's too dangerous to go to these places.
Once they get the laws in place correctly, once people get proper help if they are injured then that's fine. Divers should not go to Cozumel until it's sorted out and boats cannot go into the diving area. Even when we were there in March there were speedboats going right near us.
Dean, Redditch: The song that played at the end of the show was beautiful. I had never heard it before. What was it?
Jean MacColl: That's a song that I think Kirsty wrote the words for and her brother Hamish wrote the music. It was really for their father and it's very poignant.
Kendal Love, Macclesfield: I really hope to make it to the Soho Square meeting this year; I was just wondering if you will be there?
Jean MacColl: Yes, I will. Most of the family will be there.
Rob, Dubai: You seem to be a very determined woman in your quest. Do you feel that Kirsty's spiritual presence is around you and is encouraging you to fight for justice, bolstering your own fighting spirit?
Jean MacColl: Yes, she is around. We shared many things and she's there. She was a fighter for human rights and she would have done this for any of her family or friends, and of course I had no alternative.
Karen Hibbert, London: I believed Kirsty visited Mexico on a regular basis. What was her attraction to the country?
Jean MacColl: First of all, she loved the sun. She also loved the music of Latin America and she loved scuba diving. She loved Cozumel - it's a lovely place - and I think it was her third visit there.
Hasit Bakhda, London: Given that the person responsible may well be one of Mexico's wealthiest businessmen, do you think justice is likely at all?
Jean MacColl: Absolutely. We will never stop until we get him. Although I'm quite old, my committee has promised faithfully that they will go on and on until we nail him. And we will.
Thomas Ovens, Manchester: The success of Kirsty's tribute concert a few years back has made me wonder if the possibility of doing something like that again may help the campaign. Do you have any future plans to do something like this or is there anything that we could do locally to help?
Jean MacColl: The tribute concert was wonderful, but we can't get Kirsty's band together again because they are dispersed all around the world, they would have to rehearse together for a fortnight, and they'd have to be paid. But we would like a benefit concert and we're making enquiries about who could help us with a benefit concert on a big scale. In the meantime we are asking if people who are on tour could perhaps donate all or part of their takings for one evening to the fund. Meanwhile, if anybody can do anything locally and it was for the fund, that would be great. They would just have to let us know about it, and there are contact details on the Justice for Kirsty website.
Darren Boakes, Newington Green
Did Kirsty have much unreleased material before she passed away and, if so, will it be released?
Jean MacColl
She was very precise about what should go out and it had to be perfect but there are a few unreleased songs. There's a box set coming in January or February and there are several unreleased songs on that. A number of these songs are from something she did a long time ago but has never come out on CD. Some of them I really love.
