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The funeral of a British charity worker who was murdered while working in India will be held on Saturday. A moving funeral for a British charity worker who was murdered while working in India has been held.
Swansea University graduate Michael Blakey, 23, of Burnley, Lancashire, was found in Dharamsala on 28 November. The body of Swansea University graduate Michael Blakey, 23, from Burnley, was found in Dharamsala in November 2006.
His body was found with head and face injuries in a gully close to a church where he had been a member. He was last seen alive three days before. He was found with severe injuries to his head and face in a gully near a church where he had been a member.
His funeral will take place at St John the Evangelist Church in Worsthorne, Lancashire, on Saturday. On Saturday, mourners at St John the Evangelist Church in the village of Worsthorne heard him described as a "genuinely remarkable young man".
Police believe robbery was the motive for the killing because his mobile phone and credit cards were stolen at the time of the attack. Mr Blakey had been in India for five months working with the Tong-Len Charitable Trust, helping refugees.
His phone was later traced to a shop in the city of Ludhiana in the Punjab region. His parents, Paul Blakey and Mary Whitford, looked on as Anna Owen, the director of the charity, gave a eulogy.
A local man was questioned over the killing but later released without charge. He was a remarkable young man, full of great qualities, compassionate and caring, fun and musical Reverend Richard Hall
Mr Blakey had been in India for five months working with the Tong-Len Charitable Trust, helping refugees. Colleagues there said they feared he suffered a "brutal attack". Mrs Owen said Mr Blakey had "more essential goodness than any young man I have ever met".
He had been an active member of the Methodist church at Swansea University, whose chaplain, the Reverend Richard Hall, said the death was "heartbreaking". Many of Mr Blakey's friends from Swansea, where he lived before he went to India, were in tears at the service.
His cousin Andrew Mews said he had a, "thirst for life" and was passionate about his beliefs.
Mourners sang the traditional hymn, Jerusalem, and Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton.
After the service, family and friends travelled to Burnley Crematorium for a second, private service.
Reverend Richard Hall, Michael's chaplain at Swansea University, said: "He was a remarkable young man, full of great qualities, compassionate and caring, fun and musical.
"He was absolutely dedicated to the cause of justice for the world's poor."
Phone traced
Mr Blakey had been in India for five months before his battered body was found in November. He had not been seen for three days.
Police in India believe robbery was the motive for the killing because his mobile phone and credit cards were stolen at the time of the attack.
His phone was later traced to a shop in the city of Ludhiana in the Punjab region. A local man was questioned but later released.
Dharamsala lies at the foot of the Himalayas and is the long-term home of the Dalai Lama and is the centre of India's large Tibetan community.Dharamsala lies at the foot of the Himalayas and is the long-term home of the Dalai Lama and is the centre of India's large Tibetan community.