Crown and Procurator Fiscal Service News Release
22 July 2010
HMA V FROST and MCINTOSH
At Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court today, Christopher Frost (DOB 12/02/88) and Alexander McIntosh (DOB 12/07/91) pleaded guilty to a various offences including two offences of malicious mischief to properties in Kirkcudbright, and in particular to the damage caused to the cemetery in Kirkcudbright on the night of 21 June 2010.
Both have been remanded in custody, to be sentenced on August 12.
Speaking after the plea, Andrew Richardson, District Procurator Fiscal for Kirkcudbright, said:
"On the night of June 21st, Christopher Frost and Alexander McIntosh embarked on a campaign of drunken vandalism that left the community outraged. The trail of destruction they left behind them led to Kirkcudbright Cemetery where, most shockingly of all, they had pushed over or caused damage to forty seven gravestones.
"Their behaviour showed not only a disregard for property but a callous disdain for those whose loved one's gravestones were damaged, and for the rich history of Kirkcudbright itself. Desecrating a graveyard is a crime that offends all in our community.
"I hope that their conviction for these crimes brings the people of Kirkcudbright some relief in knowing that justice has been swiftly done."
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