Vandals ruin Hillsborough garden

great news they arrested some one

Hope the pr**k gets ID'd and proper justice is served out.

Looking at that pic posted by james08kop I'd say there was more than one of the little cu*ts I hope they get the rest of them.

Update

Arrests over Hillsborough damage

Police have made more arrests in connection with the vandalism of a Hillsborough memorial in Wirral.

Two boys, aged 16 and 13, have been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage.

They were questioned on Friday following the arrest of a 16-year-old boy the day before.

All three have now been released on police bail. A voluntary group is offering a reward for the successful prosecution of those responsible.

The garden was created to remember the 96 Liverpool football fans who died at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield 20 years ago.

Officers are still reviewing CCTV footage from the surrounding area.

Police maintain the incident, which resulted in damage put at £10,000, was "not an anti-Hillsborough attack".

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HELP RESTORE HILLSBOROUGH GARDEN

James Carroll 12 June 2009

   Liverpool fans were today urged to play their part in helping restore the Hillsborough Memorial Garden in Port Sunlight after mindless vandals damaged the commemorative area last weekend.
Memorial stones were thrown across the garden in the Merseyside village and decorative balustrades were smashed during the attack by a gang of youths in the early hours of Sunday morning.
 
"Everybody I've spoken to in the village is deeply upset by this," said Lionel Bolland of the Port Sunlight Village Trust.
 
"I can't believe how anybody could act in such a base way and can't find the words to describe how despicable this act is.
 
"Someone was looking at the smashed stones lying on the ground and said to me that they might as well be the 96 who lost their lives in Hillsborough lying there.
 
"It's going to cost a lot of money to restore, because the monument features natural stone.
 
"We need to make sure that it's carefully and sensitively restored."
 
Distressed villagers are now appealing to supporters to help them raise the minimum cost of £20,000 needed to cover the insurance excess and repair and restore the monument.
 
hillsboroughgarden1Port Sunlight resident Kerri Dobbins told Liverpoolfc.tv: "I was so distressed by the whole thing that I felt the need to do something to help.
"The pain the Hillsborough families are feeling because of this damage must be horrendous.
 
"Although I'm a Stockport County supporter, I remember the day of Hillsborough vividly. It's ingrained on my mind.
 
"I watched the events unfold live on television and was distraught by the press photographs that arrived the following day. They've constantly been in my mind for the last 20 years.
 
"We want to put right the wrongs that have been done to the garden and restore it."
 
Leaflets will be distributed around Merseyside in hotels and railway stations urging fans to donate to the cause.
 
Mr Dobbins added: "We need to raise a minimum of £20,000 to cover the insurance excess, but we're hoping to raise over and above that so we can install CCTV security in the area, which the insurance won't pay for, as well as tidy up the other areas of the garden.
 
"Any remaining funds will be donated to the Hillsborough Family Support Group."
 
Fans can currently donate by cheque, which should be made out The Hillsborough Memorial Restoration Fund and sent to -
 
VK Dobbins
c/o Port Sunlight Village Trust
23 King Georges Drive
Port Sunlight
Wirral
CH62 5DX
 
A bank account is expected to be opened on Monday to allow fans to directly transfer funds to the appeal.
 
The memorial area was built by Unilever shortly after the stadium disaster 20 years ago and is situated near the Grade II listed Lady Lever Art Gallery.
 
Port Sunlight Village Trust is a registered charity (1074713).

Thanks for the info RedPuppy and MsG.

If the damage caused was £10k why do they need £20k just for the Insurance excess or have i got it wrong.

In response to the question about the cost of the damage:
After examination of the damage by various experts, the Trust's latest estimate is a cost of £30,000 - £40,000.  Our insurance excess is £20,000.
We're still waiting for final figurers to come in from restorers

The official appeal will be launched shortly.  Details and updates will soon be on our website,
www.portsunlightvillage.com

Thanks to everyone for the great response to what has happened here.

Thanks for posting an address for donations. I have mailed out a Money Order today for $25.00(US).  It wont fix all of it but I hope it helps.

I cant believe that 2-3 minutes worth of vandalism can do so much. Whoever did that should be beat to hell.  Once I read the post I was instantly angered. Youth today have 0 respect for anything noble or memorable.

You know it was a group of 5-8 kids drunk acting like assholes. If I had a family member killed at Hillsborough and read this. I would go out of my fukcing mind.

The worst thought about it is, whoever did it is Local. A neighborhood kid. I dont think anyone would travel to the memorial for the purpose of destroying it. If their local they MUST know why the memorial is there.

No respect. No respect at all.

That goes beyond Football or sport.  That is a memorial to family and friends who died tragically.

I will be sending a check as well. I may be a bit on funds right now but that is something worth giving.

To think some kids would think this is "cool" to do is just...it is so sad and downright pathetic.

I hope they throw everything by law standards at these kids.

Usually i tend to feel bad for kids as we have all done dumb things but this just crosses the line and then some.

Thugs. F***ing scumbags.

FAO YANK_LFC_FAN, I understand your comments about the youth of today not having any respect for anything noble or memorable. However, I would just like to speak for some on behalf of some of the younger members of this forum (myself included), that we're not all like that.

YNWA.

Certainly my comment was not geared towards ALL youth. I think the majority of youth is no different now, than I was. 

It was directed to the assholes who destroyed the memorial.  Just that action alone shows me that they have 0 respect for anyone or anything. I could be wrong and It may of been adults who destroyed it. However, plain and random vandalism like that would normally be carried out by kids.

Jeeze... there's low, and then there's this, utter disgrace so it is

If I knew who these people were I would snap there legs 

this made me feel physically sick and brought tears to my eyes

Scumballs, I hope they rot in hell.

did they ever find out who it was?

Jail is too good for the scum who did this.

I'll never understand some people. Little bas**rds, thats all they are!!

An update on this.

Work has been carried out to repair the Portland Stonework, well done to all involved in raising the money to have it restored.