HUNDREDS of devastated mourners paid their last respects to "one-in-a-million" Dean Taylor yesterday.

Floral tributes lined the streets outside St Leonard's Church, Church Street, Padiham, for the Hapton plastics firm worker's funeral. The coffin was draped with flowers in claret and cream spelling out Dean's name.

Dean, 20, of Peel Street, Padiham, was discovered hanging in a derelict house by his twin brother Adam.

Dean's eldest brother Sean, 21, who lived with Dean, said he loved his music and knew all the lyrics from Eminem's hit tracks. Sean held back the tears at the funeral to pay tribute to his brother and friend.

He said: "You will be sadly missed by all your family and friends as we all love you more than life itself. We all loved the way you just used to sit and enjoy your music. We all feel so helpless knowing that there was nothing we could have done to help you."

Dean's eldest sister, Emma, 24, of Wordsworth Avenue, Padiham, a former pupil at St Wilfrid's High School, Blackburn, added: "The music Dean listened to was very deep and the words were all quite morbid. We didn't think anything of it at the time but maybe the words had more meaning to him than we realised."

The family chose to play Dean's favourite track 'Changes' by 2Pac as the cortege led mourners to Padiham Cemetery.

Dean, who worked for Hapton plastics firm Hepworth's, was released from Thorncross Young Offenders Institute in April but had become depressed.

Mark Jones, vicar at St Leonard's, said: "I am conscious that there is nothing that I can say to take away the tragic loss of Dean. But the fact that so many of his friends and family are here today just speaks volumes as to how much he was liked and loved."