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13.07.2023 - 18:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Riding pillion on a motorbike driven by a masked youth a priest follows a funeral cortege from a cemetery. Video footage captured Father Frankie Mulgrew, son of comedian Jimmy Cricket, shaking holy water from an aspergillum, as the machine follows a line of cars.
The clip was filmed at St Mary's cemetery in Wardley, on Tuesday at the funeral of Saul Cookson, from Salford. He died, aged 15, after his e-bike was in collision with an ambulance on Langworthy Road on June 8th. He was being followed by police before the crash.
Father Mulgrew had earlier conducted the funeral service at at St James and All Souls RC Church, Salford Precinct, Pendleton. The Manchester Evening News understands that during the service Father Mulgrew urged the congregation to do an act of kindness and compassion for someone by next week in memory of Saul, telling them that if they did the world would already be a better place in his memory.
Throughout the day of the funeral there was disorder, mainly in the Pendleton area of Salford which saw fireworks launched at a police station and a van, and a car set alight.
Throughout the day there were reports of around '20 to 30' people on unauthorised motorbikes and groups of males wearing balaclavas. In the clip showing Father Mulgrew there are several other motorbikes being driven by masked young men.
The disorder is being directly linked to the fact that the funeral was taking place. Yesterday a police watchdog renewed its appeal for information from witnesses after the death of Saul. As a result of police following the bike it was referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct which is continuing its investigation.
Two officers who were in a marked BMW X5, stopped following Saul after he
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