Farewell to the boy whose mother is accused of murder
A BOY of five whose mother has been charged with his murder was ‘loved by all his friends’, mourners were told at his funeral yesterday.
Scott Chiriseri was found injured at his home in Alva, Clackmannanshire, on December 5 and pronounced dead at the scene.
Around 200 people who gathered at a service in the town yesterday were told of his love of motor racing and how he was an expert at the Mario Kart computer game.
The Rev David Fraser told mourners, including the boy’s quantity surveyor father Tichakunda Chiriseri and his older sister Natasha, that they had come together at Alva Parish Church to celebrate Scott’s life.
‘You know that he loved life,’ said Mr Fraser. ‘If you close your eyes and you picture Scott, there is the young man we will see again. He loved life, he enjoyed his life – so happy on the first day of primary one. So happy. Well loved by all of his friends.
‘He would come into the room and it was like, “I’m here now”. Running along, in our church, in the Baptist church down the road, the sound of life when he was present. He excelled at his work and he was happy to do well.’
Mr Fraser said Mario Kart was Scott’s ‘fun pursuit that he would have beaten anyone in the room at. When they brought out a new game and the adults were trying to figure it out, there’s this little boy saying, “Here’s how it works, let me show you”. He loved his church. This is the boy that we are remembering, the fullness of life pouring out of him.’
The coffin was carried from the church to the sound of Jerusalem Our Home, sung in the family’s local Zimbabwe tongue. Floral tributes were left outside the church, with one message reading: ‘From the Alva community.’
After the service, many stood silent in the town’s Stirling Street as the funeral procession made its way to Alva Cemetery.
Scott’s mother Farai Chiriseri, also known as Chirashi, was charged with murder and assault following the child’s death.
The 32-year-old was held under mental health legislation following a hearing at Alloa Sheriff Court on December 9.
She appeared in the same court in private last week where the sheriff made a treatment order. No further court date was set.