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A Turkish waiter made a chilling death threat to the British mother who refused to let him marry her 15-year-old daughter, before stabbing her and her best friend to death. Recep Celik, 17, lured Marion Graham and Kathy Dinsmore, both 53, to a secluded wood and cut their throats because he was infatuated with Miss Graham's daughter Shannon who he had been dating for two years. Last week her mother Marion, 53, had a blazing row with Celik, who uses the name Alex. After he kicked Shannon during an altercation, Miss Graham �went ballistic� and told him never to lay a finger on her daughter again.The waiter apparently responded by threatening to kill Miss Graham if she came between him and Shannon. Last night Turkey�s state-run news agency Anatolia said Celik had confessed to killing Miss Graham and her friend Cathy Dinsmore, also 53, who both came from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland.Shannon was being cared for by an Irish Embassy official. �She is in an absolutely dreadful state but we are doing our best to comfort her,� a consular source said. For several years Miss Graham, Miss Dinsmore and Shannon have been regular visitors to Turkey, where Miss Graham�s family own a holiday home in the popular seaside resort of Kusadasi. Shannon and Alex started dating after she and her mother visited the restaurant where he worked. Like many naive British girls who find love on holiday in Turkey, she was bowled over by his attention and soon found what started as a holiday romance turned into a marriage proposal. She travelled to see him every school holiday. Pictures of them together show them holding hands and smiling. But yesterday Shannon�s father, Raymond McGuinness, said her mother was terrified Celik was abusing her. Mr McGuinness, who was flying out to be with his daughter early today, said he was never fully in favour of the relationship. �There was always something that was not quite right,� he said. An English holidaymaker who became friendly with Shannon and Celik said the Turkish youth seemed to be �very possessive� and �desperate� to marry Shannon. The woman, who asked not to be named, said: �He used to write to Shannon on Facebook when she was back in Northern Ireland. If she didn�t message him regularly enough, he would be messaging her asking why.