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Mourners arrived on a horse-drawn carriage for the funeral of Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton this morning.

Tyson Fury's killed cousin has been laid to rest after an elaborate horse-drawn carriage procession.As a suspect awaits trial for the alleged murder of Rico Burton, 31, his funeral was held at a church in Urmston, Greater Manchester on Thursday, Manchester Evening News reports.Devastated world champion boxer Fury spoke out against knife crime following the attack but not be seen among the knife victim's friends and family walking on the road in unison to the service.READ MORE: Horror dating app stories - from crazed Badoo kidnapping to Tinder 'sex cult killing'Several men could be seen wearing matching t-shirts with Rico's face printed on them in a touching tribute on the emotional day almost two weeks since he was fatally stabbed.The 31-year-old was outside a bar in the Goose Green area of Altrincham in the early hours of the morning of Sunday, August 21 when knifed to death. Liam O'Prey, 21, has been charged with his murder.Today (September 1), Mr Burton's family and friends bid an emotional goodbye to him.

A man accused of murdering Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton could go on trial at the beginning of next year. Liam O'Prey, 21, faces four counts relating to the same incident in Goose Green, Altrincham, which left 31-year-old Rico dead in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 21).

Tyson Fury stabbed to death outside a bar has been pictured for the first time. The Heavyweight World Champion took to social media to announce that his cousin, Rico Burton, had been stabbed to death. Greater Manchester Police said they were called to an incident outside a bar on Goose Green in Altrincham, where two people had been stabbed, with a 31-year-old later dying in hospital.

A second man has been arrested after the murder of Rico Burton, cousin to world champion boxer Tyson Fury, in the early hours of this morning (August 21). The 31-year-old was knifed outside a bar in Altrincham shortly after 3am on Sunday morning and tragically died in hospital a short while later, Greater Manchester Police said.