Children laid to rest

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Thursday 04 September 1997 23:02 BST

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The funeral took place yesterday of the two children who accidentally hanged themselves after a game went wrong.

Claire Rogers, 13, and Daniel Gibbs, 10, were cremated in a joint ceremony attended by hundreds of relatives and friends at the West Hertfordshire Crematorium in Garston. The children were found strangled with a scarf tied around their necks in Claire's bedroom last Tuesday. Her father Stephen discovered the bodies at the family home in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire. Claire's funeral was held at St Oswald's church, in Croxley Green, and a separate service was held for Daniel at St Michael's Church, Watford.

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