Hundreds turn out for Solihull lake-death vigil

A vigil has been held for 4 boys who died aft falling into a frozen lake.

Hundreds of people, immoderate of them successful tears, turned retired astatine Babbs Mill Park successful Kingshurst, West Midlands, to wage tribute to the victims.

There was a two-minute silence, tributes were left, past determination was applause and a choir sang.

Finlay Butler, 8, his relative Thomas Stewart, 11, and Jack Johnson, 10, died successful infirmary connected Sunday. Finlay's member Samuel Butler, 6, died connected Wednesday.

Many of those astatine the vigil said it had caused them deliberation of children successful their ain families.

One pistillate said: "I deliberation it's conscionable important to amusement that adjacent though we're not adjacent to the assemblage itself, that everybody's present for the families that are affected and that we tin each travel unneurotic successful specified a hard time."

Another, woman, who said she had 10 grandchildren of her own, added: "My heart's breaking for the parents, I conscionable deliberation it's awful."

An online fundraising leafage for the families of the boys has raised much than £66,000.

Tributes to the boys were besides paid astatine shot matches connected Saturday and connected Friday night.

On Monday greeting an inquest into the deaths of the 4 boys is owed to open.