The family of a man shot dead as he sat in his taxi nearly 20 years ago have launched a Facebook page in a renewed bid to trace those responsible.

Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor, known to his friends and family as Shami, was shot twice in his Ford Sierra while waiting in a car park at about 4.30am on November 22, 1994.

Police branded the killing "cold-blooded, pre-meditated murder" but no-one has ever been charged over the shooting of the 26-year-old in Gedling, Nottingham.

Now, Mr Ghafoor's family have launched the Justice for Ethsham Shami Ghafoor page in the hopes someone with key information will come forward.

In a statement on the website, Mr Ghafoor's 76-year-old mother Walayat Begum, said: "I am now an old and frail woman. My only wish remaining is to see those responsible for my son's death brought to justice, in my lifetime."

She added: "I am a mother who has suffered greatly for her loss for which you cannot begin to imagine. I need to know who, and why, my son was so evilly ripped away from me.

"I plead to anyone with information to make my suffering lighter. My pain is never-ending. As long as we are here, we will demand justice."

Detective Chief Inspector Tony Heydon, investigating the murder, said: "Shami was part of a very close-knit family and his death has left each and every one of them devastated over the years.

"We are working closely with the family and supporting their public appeal which is using social media."

He added: "Since 1994, the ways people provide information or communicate has changed significantly, and it may be there are people out there who know who is responsible for Shami's murder but have never come forward before.

"Now is the time to put Shami's family first and help them find closure. Their Facebook group shows just how desperate for justice they are, and if you know anything, you could help them."

In 2005, officers and family members revisited the scene to launch a public appeal on what was the 11th anniversary of the killing.

The appeal page has had almost 300 likes since it was set up.