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Page last updated at 07:37 GMT, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 08:37 UK

'They focused everything on Sam'

A friend of the family found dead under the cliffs at Beachy Head in Sussex has spoken about his deep shock that the couple took their own lives.

Neil and Kazumi Puttick committed suicide, carrying with them the body of their five year old son, Sam, who had died as a result of meningitis three days earlier.

Hugh Huddy talks on the Today programme about the "most loving family" who were devastated by the death of their quadriplegic son.

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