Widow left in tears after diggers dump huge pile of soil on late husband’s grave

Roy Thompson is buried at Southern Cemetery (Image: MEN Media)

A grieving widow who went to go to her late husband’s grave was left in tears after seeing it coated by a 5ft pile of soil excavated from a close-by plot.

Roy Thompson, a retired plumber and father-of-five, was buried at Southern Cemetery in Chorlton on March 10 after passing away from most cancers aged 88.

Though no gravestone had but been erected, kinfolk left flowers and different mementos of his life on the plot.

However when relations, together with his bereaved spouse Beverley, turned up on Thursday morning, they discovered the decorations had been eliminated and changed by an enormous mound of soil.

They mentioned the sight left Beverley, who was there to have a good time her birthday together with her husband, crying and in shock.

The council has admitted grave diggers typically pile soil onto present plots however insist employees do their ‘utmost to respect close by graves’.

Mr Thompson handed away in March (Image: MEN Media)

Gravediggers piled 5ft of earth on to his plot (Image: MEN Media)

Mr Thompson’s son Anthony, 55, from London, advised MEN: ‘It’s fairly insensitive and fairly disrespectful. They're simply assuming no person will flip up.

‘There may be memorabilia and flowers which have simply been moved to a different grave.

‘My father is buried beneath the mound of grime however the flowers and identify signal is positioned in entrance of one other plot, giving the impression my father is buried there.

‘Anybody visiting my father who didn’t attend the burial would consider that is the place he's laid to relaxation. It’s very disappointing and upsetting. The soil might have been put elsewhere.’

The household say they complained on the Southern Cemetery workplace however report they had been advised what had occurred was ‘authorized and commonplace’.

However Anthony added: ‘It’s not a matter of it being authorized. I discover it disrespectful and insensitive.’

The flowers and mementoes after they've been moved from the plot (Image: MEN Media)

Roy’s niece Donna Morris mentioned his widow, who had been with him for greater than 30 years, was left ‘very tearful’. She had come to have a good time her seventy fifth birthday with him.

She went on: ‘It’s her birthday and she or he wished to be with him and that is what we've discovered. The flowers have simply been moved to a different grave.

‘It beggars perception. We’ve come to have a sing-song and say prayers and that is what occurred.’

A spokesperson for Manchester Metropolis Council mentioned: ‘The Council’s Bereavement Companies Crew does its utmost to respect close by graves when finishing up excavations.

‘In some instances excavated earth is positioned on adjoining graves throughout this course of, however always employees perform their obligation with care and do their greatest to not disturb the unique grave web site.’

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