This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-28950149
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Borneo murder victim Neil Dalton funeral is held | Borneo murder victim Neil Dalton funeral is held |
| (about 3 hours later) | |
| Hundreds of mourners packed a Derbyshire church for the funeral of a student stabbed to death in Borneo. | Hundreds of mourners packed a Derbyshire church for the funeral of a student stabbed to death in Borneo. |
| Neil Dalton, 22, from Ambergate, Derbyshire, was killed with Aidan Brunger, from Kent, in Kuching in the last few days of a medical placement. | Neil Dalton, 22, from Ambergate, Derbyshire, was killed with Aidan Brunger, from Kent, in Kuching in the last few days of a medical placement. |
| About 500 family members, friends from school and Newcastle University filled St Peter's Church, in Belper. | About 500 family members, friends from school and Newcastle University filled St Peter's Church, in Belper. |
| The Reverend Anne Stratton, speaking before the service, said there would be tears but also "love and laughter". | The Reverend Anne Stratton, speaking before the service, said there would be tears but also "love and laughter". |
| Mr Dalton's friends from Belper School and Newcastle University gave tributes while a former lecturer led the prayers. | |
| Ms Stratton said: "He seemed to really care for people. That's one of the reasons the family think he went into medicine because he just really cared for other people. | Ms Stratton said: "He seemed to really care for people. That's one of the reasons the family think he went into medicine because he just really cared for other people. |
| "It just seems a sad and tragic loss for somebody who cared so much to lose his life whilst learning more about the career he loved. | |
| "There will be love and laughter but to lose somebody you have grown up with, there will be immense grief." | "There will be love and laughter but to lose somebody you have grown up with, there will be immense grief." |
| Matt Barlow, Reporter, BBC Radio Derby | |
| The hearse with Neil Dalton's coffin drive down a short avenue of tress in the churchyard at St Peter's Church in Belper. | |
| Hundreds of people from many different walks of life have come to this service showing how many lives Neil touched. | |
| They have been describing him as kind and caring as well as bright and competitive. | |
| Family friend, Pam Morgan said: "He was a very caring and kind young man. | |
| "He was very generous hearted and did a lot of work for charity." | |
| Mr Dalton's former PE teacher, Barry Elmore, said it was "devastating" to hear how he died. | |
| "I have fond memories of him. He was a smashing lad," he said. | |
| "He was a well liked lad at school and a good leader. He would have made a brilliant doctor." | |
| Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner's Court has opened and adjourned an inquest into the deaths of both men while Malaysian Police have charged a local man with their murder. | Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner's Court has opened and adjourned an inquest into the deaths of both men while Malaysian Police have charged a local man with their murder. |
| Both students have been awarded posthumous honorary degrees by their university. | Both students have been awarded posthumous honorary degrees by their university. |