{"id":313184,"date":"2025-08-03T00:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313184\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T00:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:13:33","slug":"glasgow-cemetery-graves-desecrated-as-vile-yobs-torch-rubbish-on-resting-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313184\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow cemetery graves desecrated as ‘vile’ yobs torch rubbish on resting places"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the cruellest, most heartless things you could do \u2014 desecrating graves in a place meant for mourning and peace. It\u2019s absolutely vile.\u201d<\/p>\n

11:06, 02 Aug 2025Updated 11:09, 02 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

Discarded litter across graves(Image: GlasgowLive)<\/p>\n

A devastated local has slammed vandals who set fire to rubbish in a Glasgow<\/a> cemetery \u2014 leaving scorched litter strewn across graves in what she branded a “cruel and atrocious act”.<\/p>\n

The woman, who lives near Riddrie Park Cemetery in the city’s east end, was left horrified after witnessing firefighters<\/a> extinguishing a blaze among the headstones last weekend.<\/p>\n

She claims the yobs raided nearby bins for rubbish before setting it alight inside the council-run graveyard,<\/a> leaving burnt debris scattered over loved ones’ final resting places.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Glasgow Live,<\/a> the woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said: \u201cOn Sunday evening we were walking past the cemetery and saw the fire brigade putting out a blaze. It looked like someone\u2019s rubbish had been set on fire right in the middle of the cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n

But things took an even more upsetting turn when she spotted mounds of rubbish dumped across several graves, sparking outrage in the local community.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cIt\u2019s one of the cruellest, most heartless things you could do \u2014 desecrating graves in a place meant for mourning and peace. It\u2019s absolutely vile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnt out rubbish<\/p>\n

Photos taken at the scene show charred waste littered over plots, with the surrounding grass unkempt and overgrown \u2014 something the woman says has become all too common.<\/p>\n

She accused Glasgow City Council of letting the cemetery \u201cfall into a state of neglect,\u201d saying: \u201cThe place is a mess \u2014 the grass is rarely cut, there\u2019s dog muck everywhere, and fly-tipping is constant. Now we\u2019ve got fires being lit. It\u2019s disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s now calling for urgent action \u2014 including regular maintenance, cemetery gates being locked at night, and a full clean-up operation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is sacred ground \u2014 people come here to grieve. It needs protected, not left to rot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Glasgow City Council confirmed the incident was dealt with after being flagged earlier this week \u2014 though it had not been reported directly to them at the time.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said: “The recent fly-tipping incident in Riddrie Cemetery was never reported directly to the council. However, staff did attend at the incident on Wednesday this week and dealt with it appropriately.<\/p>\n

\u201cFly-tipping at any location is unacceptable but dumping rubbish in a cemetery where people go to mourn and remember their loved ones is abhorrent, anti-social behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur staff are routinely in the cemetery three times a week and will deal with any issues promptly. Ground maintenance is undertaken regularly over the growing season, including around headstones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: \u201cWe were alerted at 7.40pm to reports of rubbish on fire within Riddrie Park Cemetery. One appliance was sent and the crew left the scene at 8.02pm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s one of the cruellest, most heartless things you could do \u2014 desecrating graves in a place meant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,10650,4884,712,1143,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-313184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-glasgow-city-council","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-scottish-fire-and-rescue-service","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114961947605333630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}