A prosecutor has branded the actions of a man who vandalised a baby’s grave on six occasions as one of the most despicable offences he had seen in his 30 year career. Describing Mark Plaister as beyond wicked , Carl Gaffney told Burnley Magistrates Court that the defendant had subjected his victims to mental torture and had still to this day failed to provide an explanation as to why he committed the crimes. Plaister, 35, pleaded guilty to six counts of criminal damage after destroying the grave of Maggie Bernasconi-Parsons, who was still-born in 2015, between May and June 2020. At his deferred sentencing on Monday, the court was told that Plaister, of Malvern Avenue, Padiham, first targeted Maggie’s grave on May 21 last year.
Baby grave vandal devastated couple by wrecking site six times A MAN who vandalised a baby’s grave on six occasions has been told to return to court in January as magistrates consider whether he should be jailed. Mark Plaister pleaded guilty to six counts of criminal damage after destroying the grave of Maggie Bernasconi-Parsons, who was still-born in 2015, between May and June. The victim, Sarah Bernasconi-Parsons, has raised money to try to help parents who suffer the pain of a stillbirth or infant death.
Burnley Magistrates Court was told that Plaister, 35, of Malvern Avenue, Padiham, first targeted Maggie’s grave on May 21.
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