As Taps approached, they raised their instruments and played, echoing Taps down the long, long brass line that stretched over hill and dale, from village to town, while motorists slowed, stopped and stood.

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Sharif's wife Tahira Tabassum, 28, of Northumberland Street, brother Zahid Sharif, 37, of Upper Dale Road, and sister Parveen Sharif, 36, of Breedon Hill Road, deny that they knew of his intentions but did nothing to stop him.

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