Grieving parents have slammed the thieves who stole a floral tribute to their teenage daughter and thanked the stranger who laid out a replacement wreath.
Flowers were laid on the Boulevard in Comrie by the family of 17-year-old Megan Black, one of the Perth youngsters who died in a car crash last month.
Megan’s mother and father, Kim and Ian, were disgusted when they were told by Kim’s cousin, Nickola Loxley, the display had gone missing earlier this week.
But their sorrow turned to gratitude when a new one appeared within hours on behalf of sickened locals.
Kim said: “The Boulevard is a very special place to us and was a special place to Megan. My mum has died, but she was from Comrie and it was one of her favourite places, so I put flowers there for her.
“It’s just disappointing that this should happen.”
She added: “What can you say about someone who would do this? It’s disgusting.”
Kim’s faith in human nature was restored by the actions of Nicola Carnegie, owner of Comrie Florist, who learned about the theft and created a replacement wreath.
Kim said: “We’re just so grateful to her. We don’t know her but she’d heard about it and got in touch with my cousin to say what she was going to do.
“I’ve only seen a photo of it but I will go up there and see it for myself. It’s a lovely gesture.”
Nicola said she was moved to action because she could not believe such a heinous act could have happened in the close-knit Comrie community.
Megan died in a car crash outside Perth that also claimed the life of Jamie Scott, 19, and left Calvin Henderson, 19, in a critical condition in hospital.
Hundreds of mourners attended her funeral last week.