Shrine to Suspected Burglar Killed by Pensioner Richard Osborn-Brooks Torn Down by Furious Neighbours
10th April 2018
Flowers, balloons and cards had been tied to a fence near 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks’ home in memory of Henry Vincent, who was stabbed to death during a home intrusion at the house in south-east London.
The makeshift memorial included one card saying the 37-year-old – who had armed himself with a screwdriver for the intrusion – was “too good to walk the earth”. Another, apparently from the Vincent’s daughter, read: “You was the best…you would do anything for your family, especially us girls.”
But the tributes have now been ripped down, with burst balloons, soiled cards and ruined flowers left strewn across the pavement of South Park Crescent, Hither Green.