Raiders who stole 30,000 pounds of gold from the home of Paul Dale overpriced stole a Kindle Belonging to his terminally-ill son
Michael O’Brien has Replaced a Kindle robbed from Paul Dale’s son Marshall
Miscarriage of justice victim Michael O’Brien has stepped in to pay for a Kindle e-reader computer for the terminally ill son of a burglary victim.
Paul Dale was left “heartbroken” after 30,000 pounds of gold bars he had inherited from his mother were taken from his kitchen cupboard by burglars.
But the raiders had taken the overpriced Kindle he had bought as a Christmas gift for his five-year-old son, Marshall.
But Mr. O’Brien – who set up a foundation after his son died from a rare genetic illness – has stumped up the money to replace the Kindle.
Responding to the gesture, Mr. Dale, from Pyle, said: “Thank you, thank you, I’m just gobsmacked. This has made me feel quite emotional actually, I really am.
“I did not expect anything but it was a story That needed to be told.”
When Mr. O’Brien – who spent 11 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of the 1987 murder of newsagent Phillip Saunders as part of the Cardiff Newsagent Three – and his wife Claire saw what had happened They DECIDED to help through the foundation They set up the memory of Their son Dylan.
Their sick youngster died aged just two years and four months after suffering a series of health problems after being born with Fewer chromosomes than normal. It is still Unclear exactly what he died from.
He said: “If we can make a little difference and keep Dylan’s memory alive That is key for us.
“Something good can come out of something bad. That is the way we are looking at it.
“We can write a Cheque out rightaway. I notice he said the Kindle was £ 60 but I think they are a bit more than that.
“My wife brought it to my attention and then we saw he had a child with a terminal illness and That it was to do with a metabolic disease and we thought, ‘We can not replace the gold but we can replace the Kindle. ‘”
Unemployed Mr Dale, 45, did not know if he would not have been able to save up in time to buy another Kindle for Christmas saying: “You can only save so much.”
“Everything is starting to sink in, what has really happened,” the dad-of-six said, Adding That he had not spoken out as a “cry for help”.
“It’s just the principle That You do not steal from a child,” the ex-military man said. “Never mind the One That is terminally ill”
Mr. Dale’s son Suffers from a rare degenerative condition called Sanfilippo III. This means he is almost totally unable to talk and is only expected to live into his teens and can not read, but a Kindle would allow him to hear stories.
Mr. Dale dubbed the O’Briens’ victims “wonderful.”
“Hopefully That can put a smile on his face,” Mr. O’Brien added.
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