TWO unbelieveable cases of cemetery graverobbing have been reported again this week.
It seems to be becoming an increasing problem at Leigh cemetery, causing heartache for grieving families remembering their loved ones.
Both incidents involve the removal of small items, ones which mean a lot to the family, and have cause real fury.
Understandably so.
When grieving new parents Jamie and Lesley Bramhall returned from a weekend break their first visit was to their baby’s memorial in the cemetery, The Leigh couple were horrified to find that morons had stolen tokens of remembrance from baby Ollie’s grave.
The baby had tragically died a cot death victim at the tender age of five weeks and was buried on April 12.
As flowers died they were replaced by little teddies, toys, windmills, bird and bees on sticks, and the distressed family is mortified that anyone could sink low enough to rob a baby’s grave.
Fuming granddad Neil Bramhall threatened to tie a warning notice to the heartless thieves on the cemetery gates and has called for more bobbies on the beat in the cemetery area.
He also wants anyone with any information about the theft to get in touch.
In the second instance Mick Shaw, of Princes Avenue, Astley, and his wife placed a hanging basket on their late son’s grave on Friday as they do every summer.
They revisited the cemetery on Monday, and guess what, it had disappeared leaving the couple heartbroken.
Mick says he can only hope that in later life guilt eats away at the small brain of this utter scumbag and he rots in hell. I couldn’t have put it better myself.
It makes me wonder why anyone would get pleasure from removing little symbols of love which mean such lot to the family but nothing to the rotters who run off with them.
Have they no hearts?
Even if it is children who are responsible they should know better.
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