“I am appalled that anyone would steal flowers from a memorial'
A south Manchester man stole flowers from the Glade of Light Manchester Arena memorial TWICE in the space of a week.
Smejkal, 63, stole the flowers on January 18 and January 20 of last year. In court, he claimed he did not know the Glade of Light was a memorial.Smejkal was spotted on CCTV approaching the memorial around 3.30am on January 20, and took some flowers from the site. He admitted his guilt at court but persisted with his claims not to know that it was a memorial. His explanation was rejected by the court and, today , he was sentenced to a 12 month community order, and now must complete 120 hours of unpaid work.
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