Vandals knock over headstones in city graveyard
Last updated at 11:46, Saturday, 05 July 2008
Headstones and flower pots have been knocked down and damaged by vandals in a Carlisle graveyard.
Six headstones were upended, breaking several from their bases, in an attack on Upperby Cemetery earlier this week.
Several more headstones were moved around, and some flower pots placed on the graves were knocked over.
Donald Haugh, whose son Gordon is buried in a plot close to where the incident took place, said: “It’s horrible. They have done one then missed one, then done one and missed one, so it’s random. Those poor families have to come up here and face this – people whose loved ones are buried here. My son is buried two or three plots further down. God knows what would have happened if somebody related to me had their grave damaged like this.”
Sergeant Mark Gilroy of Cumbria Police said: “This type of crime is unacceptable and we will do all we can to identify the offenders. We are urging members of the public to help by calling us if they saw anything suspicious in the area of the cemetery on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.”
Call 0845 3300 247, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
First published at 09:20, Saturday, 05 July 2008
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk
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these mindless stupid and half- witted individuals need to be found, names and shamed....they are truly scum.....it's pathetic and childish behaviour...
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i think its horrible and very nasty what these animals have done what on earth did any ov those poor families do to deserve this how can any one do this to grave stones which families put there to remember there lost loved one who will pay for them to be replaced and if it was any member ov my family laying i would want the names mentioned and shamed its not right and i agree with clives comment there isnt a strong enough leader to sort things out and the thugs and there parents will get away with what they have done its not fair that we have to pay to put things right after idiots vandelise our property
Posted by kaz on 21 July 2008 at 19:27