Disgruntled son selling dad's ashes on eBay

Bitter William Ireland is taking revenge on the dad he says abandoned him as a child - by auctioning his ashes on eBay.

William, 50, claims he was six when dad Ken left his mum and broke contact to start a new life. He later tracked him down.



The bidding for his ashes started at 99p. William said: "I spent a lot of childhood pining for dad.

"When I found him we started seeing each other then he died in 2006. I found out his estate was going to the woman he left my mother for and their son. I thought he might have made it up to me. Obviously he never cared."



William, of Atherstone, Warks, got the ashes after paying for the funeral. Ken's wife and family are thought to want them back.

The ad, which has recently been removed by eBay, said: "Here are the ashes of my father, Kenneth Ireland, an adulterer who left a wife, two children and just £17 in her pocket. He never paid a penny towards his kids' upbringing."

You can see the removed eBay ad at The Unknown Highway.