Grieving sister used tracker to catch memorial thief
Summary
A woman named Georgia Shaw used a hidden tracker on a roadside memorial for her brother, Benn Johnson, to find the person who kept stealing it. Benn died in a car crash in 2024, and after the memorial items were taken multiple times, the tracker led them to a man who said he did not want them to have a shrine.Key Facts
- Benn Johnson, aged 22, died in a car crash in Derby in 2024 caused by dangerous driving.
- His sister, Georgia Shaw, set up a roadside memorial at the crash site that was taken down three times.
- Shaw put a tracker inside a photo frame at the memorial to catch the person removing the items.
- The tracker led Shaw and her family to a man’s home where he admitted to having the memorial pieces.
- The man told Shaw he did not want the family to have a shrine for Benn.
- Derbyshire Police are investigating the removal of the memorial items.
- Derby City Council said they did not remove the shrine and had not been asked to do so.
- Benn’s friend who caused the crash pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
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