The family of a man who died more than 20 years ago is desperately campaigning for a convicted sex offender not to be buried in the grave next to him.
Stephen Lee Wilcock, from Blackburn, was 18 when he passed away suddenly in 1998. His sister Bethany Jackson is now campaigning for the rights of his burial spot 24 years on, LancsLive reports.
It comes after Stephen's father, Kevin Harrison, was convicted of a child sex offence against a boy and jailed last month. Harrison currently owns the plot next to his son Stephen and wishes to be buried there. READ MORE: The Christmas mum couldn't remember, the woman we'll never forget When Stephen died, their mother and family could not afford to pay for funeral costs.
At the time, Harrison offered to cover the costs and bought the deeds to Stephen's plot at Pleasington Cemetery in Blackburn.
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