This is a bit tasteless, I know they wanted to make a shrine to their dead family member, but outside the home where he was committing a crime, really doesn't sit well, no wonder it was torn down

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/94...urglar-flowers

I stopped reading at the "Henry had a heart of gold" part.......... Preying on the elderly and disabled = heart of gold hhmmm

he probably had where his family were concerned, that is no consolation to all the elderly couple he robbed who can't return to their home :idc:

Some people have no shame.

Should be banned
Scum Criminal

I saw the flower shrine thing this morning. Incredibly tasteless to put that outside the home of the man he tried to rob and attack with a screwdriver. Those sentiments should have kept for his funeral if they felt the need.

I think it speaks very loudly about the kind of people they are. They obviously don't see any wrong in what he was doing.

Nobody with a 'heart of gold' is a serial criminal and specifically burgles vulnerable pensioners homes.

Glad the residents ripped down the memorial. I would have happily helped.

According to the Metro the couple have been forced out in fear of reprisals. The whole bunch of the them are low-life scum.

I don't see any merit in attacking a grieving family, yes he was a despicable criminal but isn't that why we have a justice system?.. I don't really agree with vigilante justice at all.

The couple can't return to their home due to fear of reprisals, so the family putting up a shrine seems more menancing on that basis, where is the justice in them having to give up the home they have probably lived in for most of their lives?

Come on Kizzy it's clear the family are being deliberately provocative.

I don't agree with them actually being targetted or anything like that, but I do strongly suspect that putting up a memorial on the street that he was burgling when he was killed is a deliberate attempt to intimidate... it's not so much "we'll never forget our family member", more a pointed "we loved him, you killed him, and we're not going to forget THAT".

With that in mind, and while again saying I don't think anyone should "retaliate" over it, I do think it's right that the memorial was removed.

A memorial outside his own property would have been fine, putting it where he committed a crime is provocation to the home owners and also possibly intimidation. The couple have been placed with protection for fear of reprisals at the moment and threats have been made by his family. It was rightfully removed, but his family do have the right to grieve him, criminal or not he was a dad, son, brother etc. but doing it at his property is much more acceptable imo.

That disgusting family are quite happy to bully and intimidate an old man and his disabled wife who were the victims of their family member. No tears here.

Good that locals tore down that filth's flowers left by braindead morons who were related to him

Ah so now the whole family are dehumanised?... ok.

No, only the disgusting pigs leaving flowers at the pensioners house

Can't disagree with that. It's intimidation and disgusting behavior. Of course as parents they're going to be upset their son is dead but they should also be sorry that his last actions were to terrorise elderly and disabled people, the fact that they've chosen to carry on that intimidation kind of implies that the apple didn't fall too far from the tree

Some families are scum.

From the BBC News website

So if someone breaks into your house, comply with their every wish, if you know what's good for you and your neighbours :shocked:

It just emphasises even more what an unpleasant family the person who took the screwdriver into a pensioners home to rob them is from. I guess that's why he turned out the kind of bloke who preys on old people.

Attaching them to some else' s property as well.

travellers it would seem..

Then I guess more than just the flowers will be left out in their street before long...

That would have been obvious if you read the link I posted