‘I feel like I’ve lost him twice’: daughter pleads for return of father’s stolen ashes

Greater Manchester police have issued an appeal to the public for information about the theft of Nigel Hill’s ashes. Photograph: Greater Manchester police

A woman whose father’s ashes were stolen in a burglary has urged the culprit to show compassion, saying: “I feel like I’ve lost him twice.”

Nigel Hill’s ashes were stolen along with some power tools from a garage at the home in Bury, Greater Manchester, that he had shared with his wife, Susan. He died aged 72 in January.