The mother of sectarian victim Daniel McColgan has pleaded that her son's grave be left in peace after his headstone was destroyed this week.
The malicious act of vandalism, which took place at Carnmoney Cemetery on the outskirts of north Belfast, is believed to have been sectarian. The damage was discovered on Tuesday morning, just four weeks after the headstone was erected. Beforehand, insulting graffitti relating to McCogan's killing had appeared in loyalist areas.
"What more do they want? They took away an innocent person and now this," said Marie McColgan, who had been tidying the grave with her husband Samuel just hours before the attack.
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