Cemeteries mecca for criminals

She discovered the theft last week when her sister had visited the grave of her mother.Upset she is about the barbaric way in which the perpetrators have gone to work.

EMOTION

The mother of Annelies de Weerd is buried in cemetery Westgaarde in Amsterdam West: ,, And not in the best place "As for the second time the grave of her mother was the target of vandals Two bronze vases were the spoils for the perpetrators.. . but the damage left behind was much bigger than just the two vases. ,, that the vases are gone is a matter of money, but the emotional damage is much greater. " Besides the two vases have tried the perpetrators to further remove an image. The statue stood for years in the garden of her mother and was a replica of a picture she saw in Florence. The image on the graves was, according Annelies de Weerd also "the greatest gift" that she could give her mother after her death.

Now it is trying to brute force also steal this last gift, something that is at the Amsterdam but difficult.

HOLES

The damage which caused the perpetrators, running into thousands of euros. ,, There are complete holes in the marble, "she says. The damage is in her now so great that buying a new tombstone is probably cheaper. And the grave of the mother of Annelies is not the only, some digging turns on. ,, Here they tried to take the case. "A number of letters missing from the grave, and that sticks with Annelies." It may be just so that the bereaved is not even know it's gone. " It therefore calls for the establishment of a group that permanently remain retrace the graves. ,, One day one, the other day another. We must do something. Now playing for too long. "

NO VALUABLES

Corrie van Diemen PC Hooft, the body responsible Cemetery West grove, regrets the theft and destruction of the tomb. ,, Unfortunately, we live in a society where you can not put valuables in a tomb. "The steal of graves already goes further back and is more cemeteries in the Netherlands addressed. Van Diemen therefore strongly recommends to the tomb to valuables pick something that is followed by more and more people. this came just too late for the family de Weerd.

Annelies visiting the grave will no longer be as before: "You go there with fear and trembling back, afraid something's broken again."

http://www.metronieuws.nl/ by Jelle van der Kooij Photo: Jelle van der Kooij