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Family anguish over grave raid
Oct 16 2004
The family of a pensioner whose body was dug up and stolen have spoken of their anguish over the graveyard's desecration.
Chris Hall, who runs a farm breeding guinea pigs for medical research in Newchurch, near Lichfield, described the attack on his mother-in-law's grave as "horrific", and said he could not rule out shutting down his business.
"We feel extremely guilty for the rest of the church and the other people who are buried there.
"Everyone has been affected and we are responsible for that in the respect that we carried on our business when the protesters told us to stop."
Mr Hall pleaded for the return of the remains of 82-year-old Gladys Hammond, who was buried at St Peter's Church, in Yoxall, seven years ago.
