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Hundreds of mourners join families for funeral of youngsters who died
in fume-filled bungalow
William Green
A family was united in grief yesterday at the funeral of two children
who died from carbon monoxide poisoning as they slept in a Greek
holiday hotel.
St John's in Wakefield was the church where Christianne and Robert
Shepherd had been baptised.
On a crisp, autumnal day as the family came to say goodbye to
seven-year-old Christianne and six-year-old Robert, they were joined by
hundreds of mourners.
Their father Neil Shepherd, 38, was consoled by his partner Ruth
Beatson, 27, while his distraught ex-wife Sharon Wood, 35, was
accompanied by her husband Paul.
The couples comforted and hugged each other during emotional scenes at
the 18th century church in St John's Square for the funerals of the
children known as Christi and Bobby.
Mr Shepherd and Mr Wood acted as pallbearers as they carried the tiny
coffin of Christi into the church.
Both tiny light oak coffins were adorned with white flowers,
chrysanthemums spelling out the children's names.
At the end of the 45-minute service the children's father and
stepfather then bore Bobby's coffin out into bright, warm sunshine as
the church bells peeled Amazing Grace.
The head and deputy head of the children's primary school in Horbury,
near Wakefield, were among 250 mourners who followed the coffins from
the church.
As the church bells then peeled Abide With Me Christi's coffin was
placed in the first hearse, while Bobby's coffin was put into the
second.
The two died after being overcome by fumes while on an October
half-term family holiday with their father and his partner in Corfu.
The family, from Horbury, were staying in a holiday bungalow when the
carbon monoxide gas, believed to be from a faulty boiler, seeped into
the property.
Mr Shepherd, manager of a truck garage in Horbury, and Miss Beatson
survived, but needed hospital treatment in Corfu before being
transferred to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.
The funeral service was followed by a private burial. The family had
requested there should not be any flowers other than from the family,
but instead asked for donations be made to the NSPCC via John Wright,
head of Horbury Primary School.
The vicar at St Peter's Church in Horbury, Father Peter Twistleton,
yesterday spoke of the impact of the deaths on the community and said
that people had signed a book of condolences in his church to "unite"
themselves with the family.
He said Bobby and Christi were baptised at St John's, and the family
needed "to be alone and quiet" at this time.
Meanwhile, there was confusion over criminal charges brought in Greece.
Court officials said five hotel staff and an official from tour
operator Thomas Cook had been charged with manslaughter. But Thomas
Cook has denied that one of its staff had been charged.
The hotel director, general manager and maintenance manager, as well as
the air conditioning installation manager and a maintenance employee
were charged with manslaughter and causing bodily harm through
negligence, Greek court officials said. They claimed the same charges
were brought against a Thomas Cook official, who inspected the hotel.
All face a maximum sentence of five years in jail if convicted.
Last week, Coroner David Hinchliff opened the inquest into the deaths
of the children with a promise they would be investigated "fully,
fairly and fearlessly".