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Killed girl's A-levels revealed | |
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A teenage girl found battered to death with her mother and brother achieved two As and a B in her A-level results. | |
About 100 balloons were released by friends of Kesha Wizzart on the day she was due to pick up her results at Parrs Wood Sixth Form College, Manchester. | |
The 18-year-old was due to start a law degree at the University of Manchester. | |
Pierre Williams, 32, of Birmingham, is charged with killing Kesha, Fred, 13, and their mother Beverley Samuels, 36, at their home in Fallowfield. | |
Kesha studied English, law and philosophy at Parrs Wood Sixth Form College, Didsbury. | |
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. |
Kesha dreamed of becoming a barrister | |
Speaking on Thursday, her friend Farzana Dudwhaller described the event as a day of mixed emotions. | |
"It's been very difficult," she told BBC Radio Manchester. | |
"There has been a mixture of feelings. Happiness for her results but also sadness at the fact she is not here to collect them." | |
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." |