SHRINE TO BURGLAR RIPPED DOWN AGAIN
FURIOUS locals have torn down another shrine for a career criminal who was stabbed to death by a pensioner he was trying to rob.
Loved ones of Henry Vincent started re-attaching tributes to the fence opposite the home of Richard Osborn-Brooks after they were dismantled.
Several women arrived at around 2.10pm yesterday and began fastening flowers accross the road from the 78-year-old’s house.
Insult
The whole memorial was promptly torn down again by a man who said he was “taking these shit flowers down” calling it an “insult”.
The man, who wore a beanie hat and did not give his name, added: “These need burning.”
Henry Vincent, 37, entered the property of Mr Osborn-Brooks with an accomplice in the early hours of April 4.
Police believe he forced the elderly homeowner into his kitchen armed with a screwdriver, where a struggle ensued and the intruder suffered a stab wound.
He fled the property on South Park Crescent in Hither Green, south-east London, at around 12.45am, and collapsed on neighbouring Further Green Road.
Mr Osborn-Brooks was initially arrested on suspicion of murder, but was told by police he would face no further action.
Cops are still hunting Billy Jeeves, 28, who is wanted on suspicion of aggravated burglary in connection with the incident.
Earlier yesterday Vincent’s aunt, who asked not to be named, said Mr Osborn-Brooks had shown no remorse while other relatives branded him a “lowlife” and a “murderer”.
She said: “He’s got no remorse. Have you ever heard that man say – not for Henry but for his mum and dad and his little girls – ‘I’m sorry for his kids’.”
On Monday night an “infuriated” man filmed himself tearing down the earlier flowers, cards and balloons left outside Mr Osborn-Brooks’ house and said of Vincent: “He was a piece of shit who deserved what he got.”