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| Donald Lock 'road-rage' death: Cyclists lead funeral procession | Donald Lock 'road-rage' death: Cyclists lead funeral procession |
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| A procession of cyclists has accompanied the coffin for the funeral of a great-grandfather who was stabbed in a suspected "road-rage" attack. | A procession of cyclists has accompanied the coffin for the funeral of a great-grandfather who was stabbed in a suspected "road-rage" attack. |
| Donald Lock, 79, died from multiple stab wounds on the A24 in Findon, Sussex, after a minor collision with another car on 16 July. | Donald Lock, 79, died from multiple stab wounds on the A24 in Findon, Sussex, after a minor collision with another car on 16 July. |
| The retired solicitor, whose funeral took place at Worthing Crematorium, was a keen cyclist from the age of 12. | The retired solicitor, whose funeral took place at Worthing Crematorium, was a keen cyclist from the age of 12. |
| Matthew Daley, of St Elmo Road, Worthing, has been charged with murder. | Matthew Daley, of St Elmo Road, Worthing, has been charged with murder. |
| The 34-year-old is also accused of possessing a knife in a public place. He is due to appear at Hove Crown Court on 25 September. | The 34-year-old is also accused of possessing a knife in a public place. He is due to appear at Hove Crown Court on 25 September. |
| Scores of cyclists, many from the Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club and led by Mr Lock's son, Andrew, joined the funeral procession at Broadwater Green passing the scene where flowers remain in his memory. | |
| Mr Lock had been a member of the club for 50 years. | Mr Lock had been a member of the club for 50 years. |
| As the coffin was carried into the crematorium, they formed a guard of honour with their bike wheels. | As the coffin was carried into the crematorium, they formed a guard of honour with their bike wheels. |
| Mourners wore the dark blue, light blue and white colours of both the cycling club and Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, of which he was a season ticket holder. | |
| They had also been asked to bring a single blue or white flower to place on the coffin with donations to the Help for Heroes charity. | |
| Mr Lock's widow, Maureen, paid tribute to her husband of 55 years. | |
| "Don was a wonderful, kind, loving, generous husband, always supportive, always there for you, always there with a smile to welcome you," she said. | |
| "I will miss him so much. I am so proud he has touched so many hearts." | |
| She described how her husband, who had four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, was a keen stamp collector and traveller who had visited many countries around the world, with Scotland being a favourite. | |
| Mr Lock's daughter, Sandra, sobbed as she told how her father had been diagnosed, fought and had been given the all-clear from prostate cancer over a four-year period. | |
| Andrew Lock described how his father had inspired him to take up cycling. | |
| He said: "Somehow I think he will still be in the lay-bys and verges cheering us on. | |
| "I think it is fair to say if dad was not a man he would like to be a bird, but as a man he did the next best thing, he rode." |