Widow’s fury over vandalism

A GRIEVING widow has made a plea for the community to help identify the vandals who damaged her h u s b a n d ’s g r a v e in Kirriemuir cemetery.

The latest in a spate of incidents saw marks gouged in the memorial to Millar Watson at the graveyard on the Hill, less than two years’ after his wife Rae and family laid the cancer victim to rest.

Mrs Watson has been too upset to see the damaged stone for herself but the incident has caused further outrage in Kirrie after hooligans were condemned for their “disrespectful” behaviour in the wake of Remembrance Sunday when one youngster was seen wearing a poppy wreath from the war memorial around his neck.

Police are investigating the damage to Mr Watson’s headstone.

His widow said she is sure someone will know who was responsible.

“It’s terrible that someone has done this, but my girls have said to me that I shouldn’t go up to see it because I would be too upset,” said Mrs Watson, 73. “We’ve done a lot of crying over this.

“To think that someone could take something and make deep scores along the top and down the sides of the stone is just awful.”

A Po l i c e S c o t l a n d spokesperson said: “Police Scotland is making inquiries following a vandalism to a headstone at Kirriemuir Cemetery that happened between 11am on Friday December 2 and 10.30am on Sunday December 4.”