Tyne Tees Mh17

Mr Sweeney, who became a spokesperson for the families of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down, died earlier this month at the age of 61.

Barry Sweeney became well known around the North East for his campaigning after his son Liam died in the MH17 plane crash.

Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Leonid Kharchenko were found to have been responsible for shooting down the Malaysian Airline flight on 17 July 2014.