1/1 A MUCH-LOVED dad who was stabbed to death after his twin daughters’ birthday has been laid to rest as mourners gathered to pay their respects. Dozens turned out to honour James Gibbons, known to his friends as “Gibbo”, at his funeral on Friday – three weeks after his murder in Laindon. The 34-year-old is believed to have been going to the aid of a homeless man on May 2 when he was set upon and stabbed multiple times in the abdomen in Iris Mews, Laindon. He had been hosting a barbecue with his family to celebrate his twin daughters’ second birthday before the attack.