Hundreds of mourners have gathered on the streets of Boston in Lincolnshire this morning for the funeral of nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte who was stabbed to death earlier this year.
Members of the community gathered for a procession through the town which followed a white and pink horse-drawn carriage carrying Lilia’s coffin.
Heartbreaking pictures showed the colourful white coffin, covered in butterflies and pink flowers, being carried into St Botolph’s Church by four men. Behind them followed a long line of mourners all dressed in black.
Following the church service a family-only burial will be held.
Hundreds lined the streets of Boston as the coffin was taken over Tower Bridge, through Market Place and along Church Street before arriving at the church, known to locals as Boston Stump.
Lilia’s mother, Lina Savike, 35, could be seen wiping her tears away as she followed the cortege into the church ahead of the service.
Nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte was found with stab…
