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| Brockworth mum upset Toy Story memento removed from son's grave | Brockworth mum upset Toy Story memento removed from son's grave |
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| A mother has said she is "inconsolable" after a Buzz Lightyear figurine was removed from her two-year-old son's grave just weeks after he was buried. | A mother has said she is "inconsolable" after a Buzz Lightyear figurine was removed from her two-year-old son's grave just weeks after he was buried. |
| Charlene Spackman's son Arthur was laid to rest on 10 May at the parish burial ground in Brockworth, Gloucester. | Charlene Spackman's son Arthur was laid to rest on 10 May at the parish burial ground in Brockworth, Gloucester. |
| She said the "really sentimental" Toy Story figure had been bought on their first and only family holiday together. | She said the "really sentimental" Toy Story figure had been bought on their first and only family holiday together. |
| Gloucestershire Police said officers were investigating the reported theft of a number of objects. | Gloucestershire Police said officers were investigating the reported theft of a number of objects. |
| Ms Spackman said the memento, bought on a family holiday to Disneyland Paris shortly before Arthur died, was "really, really sentimental". | Ms Spackman said the memento, bought on a family holiday to Disneyland Paris shortly before Arthur died, was "really, really sentimental". |
| "It symbolised us having our one and only holiday with Arthur, and a really special memory of all four us having our photo done with Buzz, and how amazing Buzz was with Arthur," she said. | "It symbolised us having our one and only holiday with Arthur, and a really special memory of all four us having our photo done with Buzz, and how amazing Buzz was with Arthur," she said. |
| "[Our five-year-old daughter] Ellie had chosen it to go on Arthur's grave for him." | "[Our five-year-old daughter] Ellie had chosen it to go on Arthur's grave for him." |
| Arthur died after he was born with the terminal genetic condition nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH). | Arthur died after he was born with the terminal genetic condition nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH). |
| Solar lights placed on the grave were also removed, and Ms Spackman said that had been particularly difficult to accept. | Solar lights placed on the grave were also removed, and Ms Spackman said that had been particularly difficult to accept. |
| "We made a promise he'd never be left in the dark," she said. | "We made a promise he'd never be left in the dark," she said. |
| "Knowing he'd been left that night [when the lights were removed] in the dark was something I promised I'd never let happen." | "Knowing he'd been left that night [when the lights were removed] in the dark was something I promised I'd never let happen." |
| "How could anyone do this? He's not even been in there three weeks." | |
| Solar lights had also been taken from three other children's graves nearby, she added. | Solar lights had also been taken from three other children's graves nearby, she added. |
| The burial ground's rules state the placing of "unusual or inappropriate" items on graves is discouraged to keep up its "harmonious appearance". | |
| However, Ms Spackman said she had been told by Brockworth Parish Council that it was not responsible for the removal of the items. |