AIBU to question why taxpayers should fund Ian Huntley’s cremation?

[PassingStranger]

Can't Ian Huntleys mother who was at his bedside and in touch with him, pay for his cremation.
Why should the tax payer pay?
He's already cost the taxpayer loads.🤔😫

No one is obligated to pay for anyone’s funeral.
She’s not responsible for the actions of her son, you’re conflating things due to your feelings of IH.

Cos hanging his corpse up for the birds to eat us against lots of laws.

It’s not highly likely he’s got any money either though. The state would probably spend more money trying to recoup funds from people than it would just doing the cremations.

He did get compensation before so may have his own funds but that's for the prison and courts to decide.

Do you think it might’ve been different if she grew up knowing him?

As I understand it, she only found out he was her dad at like 15, so very unlikely they ever met. She’s basically a random relative, they never had a relationship.

OK he was Brutally assaulted in prison tsken to hospital and died a few days later from those injuries thats still murder by another prisoner.

Because no-one has to pay for their relatives cremations.

I’m not sure that’s totally correct. I’ve been to government funded cremations and it is a basic funeral service. I’ve not been to any prisoner ones but I don’t think that would be different. I don’t know what happens if there is absolutely nobody attending having said that.

Oh come on now! This is disposal of a human body for the sake of hygiene and the law. No one is asking a funeral company to put on horse drawn carriages and a big fancy send off, they’re asking them to facilitate the movement of a corpse from a hospital to a temporary morgue and then on to a cremation facility. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with any company being willing to take on that responsibility. They’ll get very little cash for it. It’s something that has to be done and someone has to do it.

Just be grateful he's dead @PassingStranger How do you know taxpayers are funding his cremation anyway?

Yes I’m not sure how anyone would know this for sure unless someone leaked to the press or something.

What? That's news to me.

Well quite...

So why are you trying to make this expense her responsibility? The only logical argument to do so is that she shares the fault so should pick up the cost.

None of this is her fault, she is bereaved and the costs in not her responsibility and frankly you don’t want her getting a big, complex funeral- quick and quiet with minimum ceremony is best for all concerned.

If you’re worried about public spending I’m sure there are more fruitful things you could look in to.

You can refuse, is what I think they mean.

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And so they should. Just because some one is doing time, that does not mean that they should not be kept safe, from such attacks. Their loss of liberty should be enough, it is in my eyes. The staff, and inmates, should be safe.

It doesn't cost that much for a direct cremation. We are all glad he's gone and he cost so much more in prison.

The little girls' families and his family are broken by his actions and I wouldn't wish them any more torment. Let's just get him gone and never speak his name again.

Really? What do you think happens - like there's a law forcing you to pay?

If a person has no funds when they die there’s no responsibility on anyone else to fund the funeral other than the authorities. Lots of times families will choose to do this of course.

Absolutely however abhorrent the crimes were ,and Heinous the prisoners are the prisoners service has a duty of care towards all prisoners .

Oh, can you? That's not something I've ever thought of or known of... I mean like, everyone I know has always paid for their relatives funerals, (or the deceased has had a funeral plan.) Although I am pretty sure that if someone can't afford it, the council pays (I think...?) What if someone just refuses to pay though? (Even if they can afford it.) I guess everyone has to have a burial or cremation, so the council would still have to do it/fund it?

It's awful to think she could get compensation, not necessarily, but possible and on top of that a free cremation.

You do realise that she’s not being cremated, right? And that she didn’t kill anyone?

Maybe if she throws herself on top of his cremation fire that would make you feel better?

Thank you. xx

Lots of stupid on tis thread. It's not evil, it's just a corpse that has to be disposed of hygienically. If the family can't or won't do it, then the state will.

Whay do you think happens to all sorts of awful people in prison when they die? They aren't chucked out in the gutter for the dogs.