Eastleigh The mother of two girls murdered by their father wept at the funeral service held for her “angels”. Ellie, 3, and Isobelle Cass, 14 months, were smothered to death by David Cass, in the caravan where he lived in the grounds of a garage in Southampton. Mr Cass, 33, an MoT tester, hanged himself after making a phone call to family telling them what he had done.

The two coffins were taken to the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Eastleigh by a carriage drawn by two white horses. On top of the glass-sided carriage were flowers spelling “Princess” for Ellie and “Angel” for Isobelle. On Wednesday, their mother, Kerrie Hughes, 20, attended the funeral of Mr Cass at Christ Church in Freemantle, Southampton. She took a bouquet of flowers to be placed at his graveside.

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