Liverpool bids farewell to Rhys Jones in football funeral

The distraught mother of Rhys Jones kissed his coffin goodbye as thousands of mourners remembered the murdered 11-year-old at his football-themed funeral today.

The distraught mother of Rhys Jones kissed his coffin goodbye as thousands of mourners remembered the murdered 11-year-old at his football-themed funeral today.

As family members prepared to leave Liverpool Cathedral, Melanie Jones, 41, stepped away from the group and asked one of the undertakers to pull the coffin from the hearse.

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