Deborah Pearson, Julie’s aunt, said that the singer, who lives in the same area in Scotland, has been following Julie’s story in the media.
She told the JC: I visited Susan and told her about the fundraising event that I was organising and I asked if she would pick the raffle ticket numbers for me. She said to me, ‘do you want me to sing?’. I said that would be brilliant.”
Israeli pathologists ruled in March that Julie Pearson died as the result of a rare internal bleeding condition in her stomach. Her family rejected the ruling, and in April released graphic images of Julie from the post-mortem, showing bruises over her body and face which they claim to be the result of violence, not natural causes.
The concert, which will take place later this month in Blackburn, West Lothian – Ms Boyle’s hometown - will raise funds to cover the family’s legal fees in Israel.
“I want to take it to court in Israel to get the cause of death overturned,” Deborah Pearson said, adding that the family needs to raise 10,000 ILS (around £1,800) in solicitor’s fees.
“We, the family have all managed to club together around £900. We just want justice for Julie and will do anything it takes to get this justice.”
Julie moved to Israel in 2014 on a tourist visa after visiting Eilat with her father John. She tried to make aliyah, applying for Israeli citizenship on the basis that her grandmother was a Jewish woman from Jerusalem who married a Scottish soldier in 1945. However the process had not yet been completed at the time of her death.
Find out more or get tickets by emailing justiceforjulie@hotmail.com
