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A little girl has been left heartbroken after the ornament she bought for her dad's grave was taken.

Gracie Jones used her own pocket money to buy the Welsh dragon statue, but was devastated when she visited Plas Acton Cemetey in Wrexham earlier this week to discover it was gone.

The 11-year-old lost her 61-year-old father, Gareth Jones unexpectedly to a brain injury in January 2018, two weeks before he was due to become a grandfather for the first time.

Gracie's mum, Angela Griffiths, said the was she was coping with her loss was by buying her dad a gift every time she visited anywhere.

But now, the family have removed other tributes from the grave through fear they will be taken too.

(Image: Angela Griffiths)

Angela said: "We visit the cemetery every day.

"Gareth and I have four children together, Gracie is our youngest.

"Every time she goes anywhere, she buys something for his grave.

"He was a big Wales fan so when we were on Anglesey for a day out, Gracie used her own pocket money to buy him a dragon statue.

(Image: Angela Griffiths)

"It's been on the grave for around eight months so we were shocked to find it gone.

"Gracie was heartbroken, it's hard enough for her losing her dad at such a young age.

"His bond with Gracie was amazing. They spent most of their time together and the love between them was unconditional.

"We've taken some other things off now in case they are taken too but the grave looks so bare now, it's a shame we have to do this.

(Image: Angela Griffiths)

"It's horrible because we do our best to look after the grave, we take our own lawnmower down and maintain it, we put lights on at Christmas because it makes us feel closer to Gareth.

"We are very disappointed and devastated about this.

"We don't understand who would do something like this.

We would appeal for whoever took it to please put it back."