Heartwarming moment veteran is reunited with his late fiancée's stolen engagement ring - and an apology note By Jon Brady Published: 09:41 GMT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 09:42 GMT, 29 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A former soldier wept with joy after an engagement ring belonging to his late fiancée was returned to him after a break-in - along with an anonymous note that read: 'Sorry'. Darren Horsnell, who served in the Falklands War, had been on a fishing trip in September when he came home to find his back door stoved in. The 62-year-old was heartbroken to find that an engagement ring belonging to his late partner Tracey Vick had been stolen from its resting place on top of her ashes after she died of cancer during the pandemic.
Mr Horsnell, who now teaches art to other veterans in his town of Haslingden, Lancashire, put out an appeal on social media urging the thief to do the right thing - which they eventually did, posting it with a note reading: 'Darren Sorry'. While touched to have the ring back, Mr Horsnell is now hoping to find out who too it - with police examining the note for fingerprints in the hope of identifying the crook. And he suspects that he knows the person responsible - because they appeared to strike on purpose when he was out for the fishing trip, which he had publicised on his Facebook profile.
Veteran Darren Horsnell and his fiancée Tracey Vick, who died of an aggressive form of cancer in September 2020 The ring, set with an amethyst stone.
