Grieving Craig Bicknell, from Milton Keynes, moved his chair to comfort his mum during the service when a worker stopped the funeral and told him “move the chairs back”

A grieving son was stopped from comforting his heartbroken mum at his dad’s funeral because of strict coronavirus rules.

Craig Bicknell, from Milton Keynes, moved his chair to comfort his mum during the service when a worker at the crematorium told him “move the chairs back”.

Craig said his family were left “heartbroken” after losing Alan Wright who died of a heart attack last month.

The worker at Crownhill Crematorium interrupted the emotional service to scold Craig on Friday.

Writing on Facebook about the ‘aggressively’ way he was spoken to at his dad’s funeral, he said: “We are absolutely heartbroken as it is, me and my brother haven’t been able to leave my mums side for two weeks as it is.