Parents of boy killed in hit-and-run fight to bury him in graveyard where he played

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The parents of a boy killed in a hit-and-run are fighting to bury him in a closed graveyard where he played after school every day.William Brown, seven, was struck by a car outside his home after jumping over a wall to fetch his ball on Wednesday.A 49-year-old man has been arrested in Folkestone, Kent, as police investigate the fatal crash, reported the Mirror.The tragic youngster’s devastated parents Laura and William want him to be laid to rest in the ancient graveyard at St Eanswythe’s Church of England School where William was a pupil.The last recorded burial at the church was in the Victoria era, at around 1860.

Its vicar, Father John Walker, has no objection in principle to allowing the burial to take place, it’s believed.But only the local council can authorise a burial to take place at the graveyard, it’s thought.William senior, 34, said: “I know this is where Will would have wanted to be buried.

This would have been his wish.”Laura, 41, a beauty therapist, told Mail Online: “He went there every day after school to pick wild garlic, collecting conkers and pinecones, or just digging with a stick.

If he were laid to rest there, he will be amongst the heart of the community that he loved. He would be among his school friends and we his parents could visit him every day and so could his little sister Pearl who still goes to the school.”The little boy, who was baptised and brought up a Christian, loved football and idolised former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo.A Folkestone & Hythe District Council spokesperson said: “We extend our deepest condolences to William’s family and our thoughts are with them at this very sad time.