Sons who were berated for moving close to their mum at their dad's funeral say it was heartbreaking

Brothers who were berated for comforting their mother at their father's funeral  have revealed it was 'absolutely heartbreaking' not to be able to support their 'vulnerable' mum. 

Craig Bicknell, from Milton Keynes, yesterday revealed he had moved his chair in order to comfort his mother Barbara at the funeral of his father Alan Wright on 2nd October at Crownhill Crematorium, before his brother Paul and other mourners followed suit.

But it wasn't long before a member of staff interrupted the service by waving his arms and shouting at the mourners to 'move the chairs back'.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, the pair said that they 'hadn't left their mother's side' since their father passed away, and that the staff member moving towards them with 'such aggression' made the 'hardest day of their life' worse. 

'It was absolutely heartbreaking to go through,' Paul explained. 'That it was the hardest day of our life anyway and someone moving with that aggression, when all we wanted to do was comfort our mum at the hardest time.'

Craig went on to explain that that he had warned staff at the crematorium that he would have to comfort his mother 'if she broke' and that he and Paul had been 'by her side' since their dad passed away.

'It was absolutely heartbreaking to go through,' Paul explained. 'That it was the hardest day of our life anyway and someone moving with that aggression, when all we wanted to do was comfort our mum at the hardest time.' 

Craig went on to explain that that he had warned staff at the crematorium that he would have to comfort his mother 'if she broke' and that he and Paul had been 'by her side' since their dad passed away. 

He said of Alan, who was the borthers' stepfather: 'When my dad passed away two and half weeks ago, we haven’t left her side [since]. She needed us. 

'I did speak to everyone and said, "My mum is vulnerable, I will need to go comfort my mum if she breaks".' 

He added: 'I had to make a split second decision to react, do I talk to him and beg to be with my mum? Or sit back down and give my dad the service he needed? There was anger, it was a really empty feeling.'  

Viewers were left furious, branding the staff member a 'nasty jobsworth' and insisting they were left 'speechless' by the incident.  

Craig said he and his brother Paul were left devastated by the 'telling off', as they grieved the loss of their father who died from a heart attack in September. 

Writing on Facebook he said: 'I can sit in a restaurant, I can sit in a pub, I can live at her house, I can travel in a limousine to the crematorium with 6. But when I want to give my mum a cuddle at dads funeral, a man flies out mid service shouting stop the service and makes us split...A devastating day made even worse.' 

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