The 72-year-old was heartbroken to discover his late wife Maureen’s jewellery had been taken, along with his uncle’s First World War medals and a collection of commemorative coins. The two silver Great War medals were engraved on the back with the name ‘Private Forest’.
Terry - whose beloved wife of nearly 50 years died of bone cancer, aged 70, in 2009 - said the burglars are the ‘lowest of the low’. “They are just scum to have done this,” he said. “Everyone I have spoken to has been disgusted. It makes me feel sick.” He said the jewellery and medals meant ‘so much’ to him.
The retired transport contractor, of Clover Gardens, Wincobank, said he was devastated to find the words ‘Unlucky, ha ha’ daubed across the wall in his living room. A smiley face with the tongue poking out had been painted next to them. His son Michael, 50, has scrubbed the graffiti off, but father-of-two Terry said he still feels ill when he thinks about it.
3 comments:
Those medals sound pretty distinctive. Hopefully the jerks concerned will try to pawn them and the shop keeper will raise the alarm.
Hang a few thieves from short ropes in the public square and the burglary rate will drop to near zero. Watching someone slowly strangle to death while their legs kick helplessly has a very sobering effect on the criminally-minded.
Cause. Effect. Simple.
Really? The crime rate was higher when/where punishments like that existed.
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