Grieving households of Ayr Cemetery have stood united towards South Ayrshire Council after being put by means of hell.
Defiant kin have referred to as on council chiefs to hold their heads in disgrace after Ayrshire Dwell informed how all 126 graves have "water points".
In an emotional graveside present of solidarity, households got here collectively after months of extended agony over a water ingress disaster.
Ten kin met with Ayrshire Dwell to raise the lid on their horror ordeal as they vowed to take authorized motion over the debacle — which can see them having to exhume family members from what was presupposed to be their last resting place.
Simply weeks after they had been informed the heartbreaking information that their family members must be exhumed, livid households have referred to as on cemetery bosses to apologise and take the blame.
They've revealed how they first discovered that they might face having to re-bury family members by way of Ayrshire Dwell and the Ayrshire Submit — with “copy and pasted” letters arriving days aside.
Suzann McKenzie, 32, who buried her son’s dad James McGarrie, 32, in 2019 mentioned: “I’m attempting to consider the best phrases to say, there are not any phrases.
“I can solely consider damaging phrases to explain the council, in all honesty.
“What has occurred right here is felony, it has been a type of human torture.”
Christine McGarrie, 38, James McGarrie’s sister, has been left disgusted by the dealing with of the disaster, she mentioned: “They [the council] have mentioned that is one thing they've by no means handled earlier than so if they've by no means handled it earlier than then how do we all know they're coping with it in the best means?”
Christine who additionally spoke on behalf of her mum Margaret mentioned: “The best way my mum sees it's, that is how life began and the way life ended, all people within the floor again collectively. However that’s not going to occur now.
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“My dad and James are swimming in there. We at the moment are going to spend the remainder of our lives worrying that there's going to be extra water in there — it would by no means depart us.
“When my mum goes we're left to make that call.
“Are we going to place her in the identical lair as a result of that's her want to be in there together with her boy?”
One heartbroken relative who didn't want to be named, mentioned: “There is just one phrase to explain it…hell.
“It’s been horrendous how they [South Ayrshire Council] have handled it, nicely they’ve had their likelihood, we're going to push this all the way in which now.
“We're looking for authorized recommendation — a few of us have already spoken with attorneys. Somebody has to take accountability for this, it has been an utter shambles."
Jennifer Craig, 62, spoke to Ayrshire Dwell after she buried her sister Joan Craig in September 2021 — when water ingress was first found on the extension.
Jennifer mentioned: “You are grieving anyway, it’s not even a yr since we discovered this out you don't have any concept, particularly my niece she is definitely damaged — it was her solely daughter.
“It's simply crushing, it has destroyed us.”
Les Chalmers, 65, whose brother-in-law and father-in-law are buried on the cemetery extension, added: “We take into consideration what's down there each time we go to the cemetery.
“If we had wished a water burial we might have had a burial at sea. It’s surprising.”
A spokesperson for South Ayrshire Council mentioned: "We all know that this has been an especially distressing time for households and we're doing the whole lot we will to hold out the works as rapidly and respectfully as doable.
"We've been in common contact with households and lair house owners all through this course of and have met households on a person foundation over the previous few weeks. We are going to proceed to liaise with households and reply any questions they might have."
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