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A funeral service has taken place for a couple from Wiltshire who jumped to their deaths at Beachy Head after their disabled son died. | |
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. |
The service for all three was held at All Saints Church in Westbury. | |
An inquest into their deaths was opened and adjourned by the Sussex coroner and a full hearing will be held later. | An inquest into their 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. |