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| Funeral for suicide leap family | Funeral for suicide leap family |
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| Hundreds of people gathered for the funeral service of a Wiltshire couple who jumped to their deaths at Beachy Head with their dead disabled son. | Hundreds of people gathered for the funeral service of a Wiltshire couple who jumped to their deaths at Beachy Head with their dead disabled son. |
| Neil, 34, and Kazumi Puttick, 44, leapt from the cliff tops near Eastbourne, East Sussex, with the body of five-year-old Sam in a rucksack on 1 June. | Neil, 34, and Kazumi Puttick, 44, leapt from the cliff tops near Eastbourne, East Sussex, with the body of five-year-old Sam in a rucksack on 1 June. |
| Sam had died of meningitis three days earlier. | Sam had died of meningitis three days earlier. |
| At the funeral at All Saints Church in Westbury, Sam's coffin had been adorned with toy tractors and flowers. | At the funeral at All Saints Church in Westbury, Sam's coffin had been adorned with toy tractors and flowers. |
| The five-year-old had been confined to a wheelchair after a car crash when he was 18 months old. | The five-year-old had been confined to a wheelchair after a car crash when he was 18 months old. |
| He died of meningitis at home shortly after being discharged from hospital where he had been given no hope of survival. | He died of meningitis at home shortly after being discharged from hospital where he had been given no hope of survival. |
| Prayers and poems | Prayers and poems |
| More than 200 friends and family filled the 14th Century church where the order of service was written in both English and Japanese. | More than 200 friends and family filled the 14th Century church where the order of service was written in both English and Japanese. |
| During the service there were hymns, prayers and poems for the family. | During the service there were hymns, prayers and poems for the family. |
| After the hymns All Things Bright And Beautiful and Shine Jesus Shine were sung, the song Edelweiss was played from Sam's favourite film The Sound Of Music. | After the hymns All Things Bright And Beautiful and Shine Jesus Shine were sung, the song Edelweiss was played from Sam's favourite film The Sound Of Music. |
| More than 200 family and friends paid their respects to the Putticks | |
| An inquest into the family's deaths was opened and adjourned by the Sussex coroner and a full hearing will be held later. | An inquest into the family's deaths was opened and adjourned by the Sussex coroner and a full hearing will be held later. |
| Sam's body was found in the rucksack about 400ft down the cliffs, alongside his parents' bodies, after coastguards on routine patrol first saw what they thought were two bodies part-way down the cliff face. | Sam's body was found in the rucksack about 400ft down the cliffs, alongside his parents' bodies, after coastguards on routine patrol first saw what they thought were two bodies part-way down the cliff face. |
| A second rucksack found nearby by rescuers was filled with toys. | A second rucksack found nearby by rescuers was filled with toys. |