Funerals for mansion murder victims

Businessman Christopher Foster, 50, is believed to have shot dead his wife Jill, 49, and 15-year-old daughter Kirstie before torching the family mansion and turning the gun on himself.

Family and friends poured into St John's Church in Maesbrook, Shropshire, to pay their final respects to the pair, just a short distance from the £1.2 million home the Foster family once shared.

A separate service for Mr Foster is to be held at the same church later on Friday.

The brother of Mr Foster said he would never come to terms with what had happened.

In a written statement released to the media, Andrew Foster said: "We have finally been able to lay Jill and Kirstie to rest in a peaceful and dignified manner.

"We will never come to terms with what has happened and will never understand why Chris took Jill and Kirstie's lives away from them.

"We can only hope and pray that they now rest in peace."

The two coffins, each adorned with pink floral arrangements, were wheeled into the church followed by the congregation.

Around a hundred mourners filled the church to capacity, with many forced to stand in the churchyard listening to the service on a loudspeaker system.