Archie Battersbee's mother has insisted that a 'party' held in the cemetery where he is buried was a one-off to mark her birthday, and revealed someone had left a “mock noose” at her son’s resting place.
Ms Dance and the family have been subject to online abuse from trolls since, and she now claims an item was left at her son's grave.“One of the worst things that has been done was somebody left a mock noose made out of plastic.The grieving mother says she put up the gazebo on Friday to spend her birthday at her son's grave despite a forecast of heavy rain.
“If you call a Starbucks coffee and a box of milk chocolates that somebody bought me for my birthday ‘partying’, then we are guilty. Otherwise it’s nonsense.” Southend councillor Martin Terry, responsible for public protection, said: “We understand that people will always grieve in different ways when they lose a loved one.
“We would remind all families with loved ones in the cemetery of the conditions of when they purchased the plot, and to remind them that the cemetery is a public space that many people use to visit their loved ones, and as such we want to ensure that it remains respectful for all.”
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