Bikers for guard of honour for motorbike-mad teen

Hundreds of bikers formed a guard of honour to pay their respects to motorbike obsessed teenager.

Jamie Havern, from Lymm, Cheshire, died aged 18 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year.

His family had issued an appeal for bikers around the north west to attend his funeral - to give him the send off that he would have loved.

And kind-hearted bikers did not disappoint. Hundreds of strangers replied to his mum Susie’s Facebook appeal.

They gathered outside his family home on Park Road in Lymm on Friday morning to escort the funeral procession to Altrincham Crematorium.

Some had even created personalised plates, carrying messages in memory of the tragic teenager.

Jamie’s family say the former pupil at Lymm High School was a massive biking enthusiast.

He was diagnosed with the wasting disease during childhood and, despite a brave battle, his condition deteriorated. It was a second recent tragedy for the family, with Jamie’s father Scott Havern having died suddenly aged in his 30s about three months ago.

Daniel Murrell, a close friend of the family, told the Manchester Evening News:

Jamie, who started a college course in bricklaying before he became ill, leaves behind his mum Susan, and two young brothers and a younger sister.

The family said they were overwhelmed with the support received via an online funding appeal to pay for the funeral, which reached its £3,000 goal in about 48 hours.

Mr Murrell added: