If that had been my fence i would have torn them down myself.
Tributes to a suspected burglar who was stabbed to death have been torn down.
Friends and family of Henry Vincent, 37, had tied floral tributes to a fence opposite a home in Hither Green, south-east London, where he was killed last week.
However, overnight the majority of the bouquets and balloons have been taken down and left on the pavement.
The homeowner Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, was held on suspicion of murder, but released with no further action.
The Met Police says it has not taken down any of the tributes from the fence opposite Mr Osborn-Brooks's house.
Mr Vincent's cousin Phoebe Smith, 34, said whoever had torn down the flowers "should be ashamed of themselves".
"It's terrible, they don't understand that it's somebody's child. They're a memory of a son and a friend," she added.
She said Mr Vincent's family, understood to be from the travelling community, should be "allowed to lay flowers for Henry".
Saverimuthu Augustine, 78, said some of the tributes had been attached to his property.
He added: "I am annoyed they put them on my fence. I do not appreciate it.
"If it is a normal person it is different - it could have been my house [that was burgled]."
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