Mourners turned out today to bid a final farewell to the police shooting victim whose death sparked the first night of devastating riots across England last month.
Amid lingering tensions between family members and detectives, the ornate cortege carrying the body of Mark Duggan made its way to his private funeral after passing through North London's Broadwater Farm estate.
His coffin, in a white carriage pulled by four white horses with plumes on their heads, was adorned with flowers. Emblazoned on it were the words "grandson" and "dad".
Led by Mr Duggan's brothers Marlon Duggan and Shaun Hall, it was followed by a long procession of cars.
Grieving friends, relatives and well-wishers earlier arrived to pay their respects.
Others gathered outside the New Testament Church of God in Wood Green, north London, where the beat of a drum was heard as his funeral got under way.
The father of four's death in Tottenham, north London, on 4 August, triggered four nights of violence and looting which spread across the country.
Meanwhile, Britain's Home Secretary has urged politicians to refrain from rushing to judgement over the causes of the widespread violence.
Asked if the riots were prompted by the shooting of Mark Duggan, Theresa May told MPs: "I would be very cautious in saying that the shooting had the sort of direct link that we're talking about."
A police watchdog probe launched into the death of Mr Duggan, who was brought up close to the scene where PC Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in 1985, is expected to last up to six months.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "It is in the interest of everyone, the family of Mr Duggan, the public and the police, that the Independent Police Complaints Commission is able to establish all the facts of the events so that there is a complete understanding of what happened, and the MPS is doing everything possible to assist with that process.
"We have met with Mr Duggan's parents. In line with the family's wishes, the policing will reflect the family's desire for a local, peaceful and dignified funeral."
Initial reports that Mr Duggan shot at police were dismissed by ballistic tests which later found that a bullet which lodged itself in one officer's radio was police issue.
Mr Duggan was a passenger in a minicab which was apparently stopped by police near Tottenham Hale Tube station.
A non-police issue handgun, converted from a blank-firing pistol to one that shoots live rounds, was recovered close to the scene of his death.
An inquest into Mr Duggan's death, which opened at North London Coroner's Court in High Barnet, heard the father-of-four died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
