A sad tale from Bristol

[Clifton]

Woman arrested after 'looks like diabetes won' written on grave

A woman is in police custody

www.bristolpost.co.uk

I find the above link to an article in the Bristol Post to be shocking on two levels - the death of a young man due to diabetes complications and the complete horror of the desecration of his grave.

It's however heartening his family have raised a substantial sum for diabetes in the south west.

 

[Inka]

It is shocking - what kind of person would desecrate a grave like that? I hope they get a prison sentence and appropriate community service to attempt to instil the tiniest spark of humanity in them.

Love to Liam’s family and friends.

 

[Ljc]

Omg how awful for Liam's family and his friends.
They must be devastated at losing him and now his grave has been desecrated.

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Wtf!!! How unbelievably horrid. His poor family.

 

[Paulbreen]

It sounds like the woman in question knew Liam in some way, maybe they were close and she wasn’t coping with his demise, more a cry for help than out and out vandalism, physiological help may be better than the lock her up and throw away the key approach.
Where has the human compassion gone, a grave stone is an exactly that, a stone, it can be fixed or replaced, the woman’s state of mind however is not so simple...
Great tribute to memory Liam his family have done!

 

[mikeyB]

An appropriate punishment would be to give the woman a toothbrush, and appropriate cleanser, and set her to clean it up.

I agree with @Paulbreen, she obviously knew him, so who knows what triggered this off? Hell hath no fury...

 

[Clifton]

The criminal justice system will look very carefully into the background of the female concerned and any sentence handed down will take full account of the compiled background reports. Indeed, there is more to this than meets the eye.

Until the Bristol Post published this, I had never heard of Liam or what his family has done in raising funds for diabetes support in this part of the country; a remarkable feat and fitting legacy for a young man taken long before his time.

 

[Inka]

maybe they were close and she wasn’t coping with his demise

Other articles show the word written on the actual stone and describe her as a “rival”.

 

[Paulbreen]

maybe they were close and she wasn’t coping with his demise

Other articles show the word written on the actual stone and describe her as a “rival”.

I just was making a benefit of the doubt point, but if it was in the paper or on the internet it must be true ;-)

 

[Inka]

I just was making a benefit of the doubt point, but if it was in the paper or on the internet it must be true ;-)

Perhaps Google the photo yourself? I purposely refrained from using the word.

 

[trophywench]

I haven't yet worked the word in question that starts with a P out, myself either. Ignorance is probably best in this case.

 

[Paulbreen]

To be honest it went over my head.... the word that is

 

[nonethewiser]

Senseless act, wicked woman needs named & shamed.