Parents and grandparents have criticised the "vile" state of a Sutton cemetery which is leading several of them to consider exhuming their babies. A fundraising campaign has been launched to try and make improvements to the site in Huthwaite Road, which is managed by Ashfield District Council.
Those with children and grandchildren buried at the site say issues range from the theft of ornaments and decorations around graves, to dog mess regularly being left around the cemetery. One of those affected is Lisa Angell, 46, who lost her daughter Alysha in 2005 when she was just three days old due to multiple organ failure.
Over the years, Lisa says ornaments around the grave were stolen on several occasions and that the state of the wider cemetery became "disgusting." Lisa says the "final straw" came last September and that Alysha has since been cremated and buried at home.
