Items pilfered from dead man’s roadside memorial
A VIDEO has emerged of two men removing items from the roadside memorial to Clydebank man Dominic Brown, who is alleged to have been murdered.
The footage, which was posted to YouTube, shows a woman placing a top over the memorial at a roadside railing before two men begin removing Celtic scarves left in tribute to the father-of-one, who died earlier this month.
The incident occurred at the spot where the 31-yearold, who is known as Dom, died at the corner of Radnor Street and Kilbowie Road on August 5.
Police confirmed the incident at the impromptu shrine had not yet been reported to them.
Dom was laid to rest last Saturday after a service in a packed Our Holy Redeemer Church in the Whitecrook area of Clydebank.
More than 1,000 people turned out to pay their respects and “say a prayer” to the popular football player who, over the years, had played for local teams Singer CFC, Duntocher Hibs, Kilbowie Union, St Joes and Goldenhill.
Canon Gerard Tartaglia, who led the service in tribute to Dom, told the gathering: “[Dom’s parents] Margaret and Dom’s faith is a real example to us. Speaking to Dom [snr] the other day he said a lovely thing to me that I want to share with you.
“Many people have come to offer their condolences in these most tragic and impossible to understand circumstances and quite a few have, understandably, said to Dom they don’t know what to say.
“To which Dom has said in reply, ‘Say a prayer’. What an act of faith. What a powerful message for each one of us today. Say a prayer for Dom.”
A JustGiving page set up in the aftermath of the tragedy to help the family cover funeral costs has raised a staggering £7,000, the excess of which will be placed in a trust for his Dom’s son, also Dominic.
Canon Tartaglia added: “We are not defined by what happens to us, or by what others do to us.
“We are not to be remembered by the actions of others, or the material things we acquire in life. These pass and mean nothing in comparison to what really counts in life – the experience of love, fulfilment, knowledge of beauty, life itself, encountering the divine.
“When we have these sublime experiences, we know we are truly alive and are in touch with the depth of reality.
“You, us, you are Dom’s family and friends, you are the people who loved him the most – caring for him, sharing your lives together, growing up in Braes Avenue and Brown Avenue, loving him and being loved in return by him.”