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| Father's tribute to stabbed girls | |
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| The funeral of two teenage sisters found stabbed to death at their home in Cambridgeshire has taken place. | |
| The bodies of Jasmine Kumari-Baker, 13, and her sister Davina, 16, were found with multiple stab wounds in a house in Stretham, near Ely, Cambs, on 13 June. | The bodies of Jasmine Kumari-Baker, 13, and her sister Davina, 16, were found with multiple stab wounds in a house in Stretham, near Ely, Cambs, on 13 June. |
| Their mother, 39-year-old Rekha Kumari-Baker, has twice appeared in court accused of their murder but has yet to enter a plea. | Their mother, 39-year-old Rekha Kumari-Baker, has twice appeared in court accused of their murder but has yet to enter a plea. |
| The father of the two girls said he would "never be the same again". | |
| David Baker said his daughters Davina and Jasmine were "beautiful angels" who brought light into his life. | |
| Mr Baker, of Cambridge, paid tribute to them at their funeral service at Cambridge Crematorium. | |
| "Davina and Jasmine you are my beautiful angels," said Mr Baker. "You brought light and pride into my life. | |
| "I was there the moment each of you were born, I held you as babies and watched you smile for the first time. I taught you to walk, I taught you to talk. | |
| "I was watching you grow into beautiful intelligent young women, so full of life, so full of confidence. | |
| "Now you have been ripped away from me I will never be the same person again." | |
| Scores of mourners - including many teenage friends of the girls - crowded into the crematorium for the funeral service. |