A heartbroken mum feels "insulted" after a cemetery in Cardiff removed a memorial to her baby. Thornhill Cemetery said it took down the headstone for Pabi Tra and Ankit Gupta's son Aiden Gupta because it was too tall.
Mrs Tra, a healthcare support worker at Heath hospital, gave birth to Aiden on May 16 and hardly left his side as he battled a defect in his diaphragm and fluid in his lungs, which eventually claimed his life on June 12. Later that month the parents arranged for a headstone to be placed at Aiden's grave, but around three months later the cemetery removed the memorial because it breached height restrictions. The maximum height in the babies section is slightly under one foot.
The decision has "hurt and upset" the family, said Mrs Tra. "It was not harming anyone," the 38-year-old added. "It doesn't make sense. People should be able to freely order whatever they want. It's a cemetery and everyone wants to remember in a different way."
