The father of Bali bombing victim Daniel Braden last night spoke of his anger at the amount of publicity being given to those arrested for the atrocity.

Alex Braden, 55, the father of 28-year-old Daniel, said: "They are trying to turn them into heroes."

Twenty-six Britons were killed in the terrorist attack which ripped through two nightclubs on the Indonesian island last October.

Speaking after a memorial service in London for 800 mourners, Mr Braden, who is originally from Brighton, said: "I would like the opportunity to sit and talk to them and find out what they think they were doing, what they think they achieved."

Former Brighton College head boy Daniel's sister Claire, 25, said: "We feel they are getting too much publicity and that is disappointing. We do not feel they should be put on television."

Mr Braden said he absolutely rejected any apology, claiming it would be half-hearted.

Referring to the photograph of one of the bombers posing with a jacket full of explosives, Mr Braden said: "Looking at that picture of the boy, he is exactly the boy we should have got to a few years earlier.

"He had been taught by the teachers who have been teaching a false view of the Koran."

His wife Mandy, 52, said she would never be able to forgive her son's killers.

Daniel's girlfriend, June Hirst, 28, said the reading of Hindu poet Rabindranath Tagore's piece at the memorial service was very hard-hitting.

After the service, the family spoke to the Prince of Wales, who was "very natural and sympathetic."

But Claire said nothing could compare to the deeply personal memorial they had held for Daniel at Brighton College.

The Bradens, who have set up a trust in Daniel's memory to promote religious tolerance in Indonesia, said they hoped their actions would prove beneficial in the future.

The Encompass trust will take groups of young men from different religious backgrounds on sailing trips to broaden their religious perspectives.