Finbar Sullivan with his parents Leah Seresin and Chris Sullivan

THE loved ones of talented filmmaker Finbar Sullivan gathered for a celebration of his life last week following the 21-year-old’s tragic murder on Primrose Hill in April.

There were readings and performances at the funeral service in Maida Vale that paid tribute to a young man “full of hope, kind, and wise beyond his years”, loved by everyone who knew him – even his grumpy cat, Tuesday.

In recognition of Fin’s Māori and Welsh heritage, the red-blazered London Welsh Male Voice Choir gave a rendition of West Side Story’s Somewhere, and there was traditional Māori song and dance.

Fin’s parents, Chris Sullivan and Leah Seresin, then travelled on with his casket in a horse-drawn carriage.

Mr Sullivan told how much he and Ms Seresin had wanted Fin, their only child and “the best son you could ever imagine”.

He added: “Fin is going to be a beacon now because I’m going to go on a mission to end this racist shit, this knife shit, and nobody addresses when black people get killed by stabbing but they do address when a white person gets killed.

“It’s the same to me, same to Fin, so we’ve got a beacon now to stop this shit and help the world.”

Ms Seresin read the poem When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou, and thanked her friends and family for their love and support, including Fin’s many friends who were at the funeral – his “band of brothers”, she said, “you’re my babies now, so I love you all”.

Finbar went to Acland Burghley and had been a student at the London Screen Academy.

He was trying out his new film camera with friends on the top of Primrose Hill when he was fatally stabbed in broad daylight in April.

Three men have since been charged with murder, and a fourth charged with violent disorder and possession of a knife.