‘It completely slipped my mind’ Dundee man’s plea for help after losing father’s ashes in taxi

A grieving son has issued a plea for help after he left his dad’s ashes in the back of a taxi.

James Rice, 23, from Craigie in Dundee, was collecting the ashes from his aunt, who had come up from London.

He was to have honoured his father’s wishes by burying him with his mother at Balgay Cemetery.

But having taken a taxi home from town after a day out with his family to celebrate his memory, James left his father’s ashes in the back of the cab.

It was not until the following day that a distraught James realised what he had done.

He said: “When it happened I felt absolutely gutted it completely slipped my mind when I stepped out of the taxi.

“I only realised I had left them behind the next morning after I had got up. I’m now desperate to get them back. If anyone could help find my dad’s ashes and hand them in to the police station or to the taxi rank, it would be appreciated so much.

“The ashes were in four little containers inside a purple floral bag and were left in a silver cab.

“The cab must have been private hire, as it didn’t have any logos on it.”

Dad Brian died aged 67 on February 16 and his funeral service was at the crematorium the following week.