article_snippet.sent: A 'mean and despicable' couple who decorated their flat with sentimental trinkets and tributes that were looted from graves have been banned from cemeteries indefinitely.
article_snippet.sent: The couple escaped a prison sentence but were given a 47-week curfew and a restraining order banning The couple from cemeteries in the York area indefinitely.
article_snippet.sent: Sentencing the couple, presiding magistrate JP Penny Curry said: 'We have read and taken on board the harrowing accounts from families devastated by the desecration of plots and the removal of items of great sentimental value found in the possession of both defendants.'
article_snippet.sent: As well as a curfew and indefinite ban from graveyards, magistrate JP Penny Curry ordered the couple to each pay £340 court costs and a £60 surcharge.
article_snippet.sent: When Jefferson started muttering complaints from the dock about the terms of the banning order, magistrate JP Penny Curry responded: 'No 'ifs' and 'buts'. '
article_snippet.sent: Keep quiet, or Keep might have to retire and reconsider Keep sentence.'
article_snippet.sent: Following the sentencing, Ms Carlton branded their punishment 'disgusting' and said Ms Carlton wanted to 'see their go to jail'.
article_snippet.sent: PC Pete McFarlane, of York Police, added: 'These items clearly have great sentimental value to the family affected by the theft and These items are deeply upset that someone could be so heartless.'