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Funeral held for murdered Jimmy Funeral held for murdered Jimmy
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Family and friends of the 16-year-old schoolboy Jimmy Mizen will wear brightly-coloured clothes and listen to his favourite songs at his funeral. Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen in south-east London.
Jimmy bled to death when he suffered a fatal neck injury in an attack at Three Cooks bakery in Lee, south-east London, on 10 May. Jimmy, 16, bled to death when he suffered a neck injury in an attack at Three Cooks bakery in Lee, south-east London, on 10 May.
He was killed 500m away from his home a day after his 16th birthday. He was killed 500m from his home a day after his birthday.
The service will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Lee, followed by the burial at nearby Grove Park Cemetery. The hearse passed the bakery, with his parents following behind. His brothers led the procession carrying a picture of the altar boy.
The funeral will be observed as a celebration of the "gentle giant" teenager's life and mourners will hear songs from his favourite band Coldplay. Jimmy's eight-year-old brother, George, who carried the picture, had "Jimbo" written on his arm.
'Old traditional' respect A T-shirt was wrapped over the coffin with the words "Jimmy M Team" written on it.
Jimmy's friends will form a guard of honour as five of Jimmy's brothers and a nephew carry his coffin into the church. Jimmy's friends from his school in Eltham knotted their school ties around a makeshift shrine while family members left flower tributes and balloons at the spot.
Jimmy's mother, Margaret Mizen, 55, will read an eulogy at the service. Jimmy taught us all to let anger and hate go, look deep in your heart and the love will flow Family tribute
On Sunday his parents said Jimmy respected everybody in the "old traditional way". Five of Jimmy's brothers carried the coffin into the Our Lady of Lourdes church in Lee.
Mrs Mizen said she recently found a book which had belonged to Jimmy, in which he wrote "You do not have to like everybody, but you do have to respect them." Jimmy's friends formed a guard of honour.
More than 500 people attended a memorial service for Jimmy last month. The service is being followed by the burial at nearby Grove Park Cemetery.
Family and friend had said the funeral should be a celebration of Jimmy's life and they wore brightly-coloured clothes and listened to his favourite songs.
Jimmy's mother, Margaret Mizen, 55, read a eulogy at the service.
A tribute from the family on the order of service read: "God sent them Jimmy with a mission in mind to show the world love and leave all the anger behind.
"With a smile so special, so gentle, so kind, an angel of immaculate character beautiful inside.
"Jimmy taught us all to let anger and hate go, look deep in your heart and the love will flow.
"Now look up at heaven, at the sky at night, you will see a star shining ever so bright, that is Jimmy... our gentle giant."
Jake Fahri, 19, from Lee, has been charged with his murder.Jake Fahri, 19, from Lee, has been charged with his murder.