‘These people are scumbags’
FLOWERS laid for the man killed in last week’s Hither Green burglary-gone-wrong have been pulled down again, as tensions continue to rise in south east London.
An angry Iain Gordon, who said he was part of the Fair Society group, pulled down the flowers laid by the family of Henry Vincent.
The 37-year-old was killed during a burglary in the early hours of last Wednesday morning. He was stabbed after a struggle with 78-year-old Richard OsbornBrooks, who was held by police after the incident but released without further charge on Friday afternoon.
Yesterday’s incident follows one on Tuesday evening where a hooded man ripped down half of the flowers. Mr Gordon, from Lewisham, tore down the remaining half just after 12:30pm yesterday.
Mr Gordon said: “These people are scumbags, scumbags, scumbags.
“If you don’t know why I pulled the flowers down then you aren’t a human being.”
The incident is the fourth of its kind since the stabbing.
The flower shrine was originally laid by Vincent’s family and friends on Monday and included hand-written cards from his children.
One read: “To my daddy, no words can describe the pain and heartache we are going through.
“These people won’t put us down. We love you dad. We miss you so much.”