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Balloon tribute for killed girl | Balloon tribute for killed girl |
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Friends of a teenage girl found dead with her mother and brother have paid tribute to her on the day she was to have received her A-level results. | |
Students released 100 balloons at Parrs Wood Sixth Form College, Manchester, where Kesha Wizzart studied. | |
The 18-year-old was found bludgeoned to death alongside her brother Fred, 13, and mother Beverley Samuels, 36, at their home in Fallowfield. | |
Pierre Williams, 32, from Birmingham, has been charged with their murder. | Pierre Williams, 32, from Birmingham, has been charged with their murder. |
Kesha studied English, law and philosophy at Parrs Wood Sixth Form College. | |
She had already received an A in her law course and had been awarded a scholarship to study the subject at degree level at the University of Manchester. | She had already received an A in her law course and had been awarded a scholarship to study the subject at degree level at the University of Manchester. |
'Incredibly difficult' | 'Incredibly difficult' |
Hundreds of mourners turned out for the triple funeral at The Holy Name of Jesus Church on Manchester's Oxford Road on Friday. | Hundreds of mourners turned out for the triple funeral at The Holy Name of Jesus Church on Manchester's Oxford Road on Friday. |
A statement was read out by police on behalf of the family at the funeral. | A statement was read out by police on behalf of the family at the funeral. |
It said: "It will be incredibly difficult to say goodbye to Beverley, Kesha and Fred, but we want this to be a day for us to remember how they lived rather than the way they died. | It said: "It will be incredibly difficult to say goodbye to Beverley, Kesha and Fred, but we want this to be a day for us to remember how they lived rather than the way they died. |
"We want to celebrate the life, love and light they brought to some many. | "We want to celebrate the life, love and light they brought to some many. |
"They had ambition and strength. Their success made us proud." | "They had ambition and strength. Their success made us proud." |