Family '˜devastated' over theft from grave

A Larne woman has told of her distress after discovering that her husband's grave had been '˜desecrated' by thieves.

Nuala Yetman said she and her family were left devastated over the theft of decorative stones from the grave of her husband Mark, who passed away last year at the age of 46.

“We had just had his grave finished at Larne Cemetery,” Nuala said.

“Myself and my daughter had taken great care over it; we wanted something special and had chosen beautiful iridescent, heart shaped pebbles.”

However, on visiting the cemetery on Sunday, Nuala and her daughter Jessica were horrified to discover that every single one of the decorative stones had been stolen.

“I’m so angry and upset that someone could desecrate my husband’s grave like that,” she said.

“A tribute that my three year old niece had left on the grave had just been thrown aside, and there was part of the headstone chipped.