A grieving dad who is keeping nightly vigils after thieves looted the grave of his baby son has been able to pass on names to police after his plight was highlighted in the Telegraph & Argus.

Trevor Tiler, 47, was left sickened after vandals stole toys and teddies and ripped up flowers in the children's burial area at Scholemoor Cemetery, Lidget Green.

Since the weekend, he has been keeping nightly vigils at the grave of his baby son, Luke, who died only a few weeks ago, in a bid to catch the culprits.

But after his ordeal was highlighted in the T&A on Saturday, Mr Tiler has received offers of help and support from readers and has been given information from six different sources about who might have carried out the crimes.

"And six people have come to me with information about who might have stolen the teddy bears and toys, and I now have a name and address of a person, which has been passed on to the police."

Luke Tiler only lived a few minutes after he was born on March 19 with an underdeveloped skull.

Since Saturday, Mr Tiler, who lives with his partner Linda Woodward, 42, in Denholme, has been camping out by Luke's graveyard until late at night with his flask, sandwiches and mobile phone.

And he says he will continue to watch over the grave until the attacks stop.

"Even though we might know who's taken the teddy bears, we still need to look into who stole the ornamental figurines on the graves. It was heart-rending when we found out everything had been stolen - we just wanted to find out who'd done it.

"Luke did nothing to anyone and why somebody should want to hurt him is beyond belief.

"I'll continue to keep a watch out here until the attacks stop."

Mr Tiler said: "I'd like to thank everyone at the Telegraph & Argus for their help and support - I've had a terrific response to the article.

"A couple of readers even came up to the cemetery to offer me support after they'd read about it in the T&A."

Bradford Council, which runs the cemetery, said it had stepped up ranger patrols to up to five visits a night and have appealed to the public to report any acts of vandalism to the police.

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