PROCEEDINGS which were due to be faced by tragic teenager Adam Rickwood were yesterday adjourned at Burnley Crown Court.

The court was told confirmation of Rickwood's death had not been made available to the Crown Prosecution Service and an interim death certificate was needed.

The CPS had written to the Durham Coroner for a certificate. The case was adjourned until September 3 with the agreement of the late defendant's solicitor Richard Taylor.

Adam, 14, of Harold Street, Burnley, became the youngest person in the country to die in custody after he was found hanging at the Hassockfield Centre, Consett, County Durham, last week.

He had been accused of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, alleged to have been committed on Saturday, June 26.

He had also been charged with burgling the staff office at Stoops and Harger Clough Community Centre, Burnley, five days earlier on June 21.

It had been said the 14 -year-old stole a handbag, mobile phone, mini-disc player, cigarettes and sweets worth a total of £188.99.

An investigator from the Youth Justice Board, the government agency that allocates places to secure training centres, is at Hassockfield this week to look into the circumstances surrounding Adam's death.

Durham Police and Premier Prisons, the private company that runs the centre, are also carrying out investigations.

Adam's funeral was held at the chapel at Burnley Crematorium yesterday.