WHAT sort of a person steals from a grave? All theft is contemptible, but whoever took the lanterns and wreath from Jennifer Ryan’s graveside in Poppleton is beyond contempt.

Obviously it wouldn’t occur to them to do the right thing here, but he or she knows who they are and have friends that know what they have done, so we hope their despicable actions are pilloried and exposed.

While this might not seem the most serious of crimes, we think it plummets new depths and if the perpetrators knew the meaning of the word they would surely be disgusted with themselves.