Fresh tributes for burglar stabbed by OAP during botched robbery

The row over tributes laid in memory of a burglar stabbed to death during a bungled raid on a pensioner’s home has continued as crowds of relatives marked the dead man’s birthday.

Around 20 women from the travelling community arrived at South Park Crescent in Hither Green to lay flowers close to the spot where Henry Vincent, 37, fell after being fatally injured in the home of 78-yearold Richard Osborn-brooks.

Mr Osborn-brooks was arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of Vincent on 4 April but was later 0 A woman brings a card in tribute to the dead burgalar told he would face no further action.

Since the incident, Vincent’s friends and family have sparked outrage among South London locals by lay- ing flowers and cards opposite the boarded-up home of Mr Osborn-brooks and his wife Maureen.

The tributes have repeatedly been torn down by neighbours angry that the career criminal is being remembered in such a way, only to spring up again within days.

Yesterday afternoon, a group of around 20 women who said they were relatives of Vincent, arrived in the street with flowers to celebrate his birthday. The tributes were attached to the street sign itself and a lamppost.

A 37-year-old woman, who didn’t want to be named, said: “We’re here because it’s his birthday.”