I believe the miscreant's relative was a cousin who said "The Henry I know was such a loving person and it's probably something which just went wrong, but he shouldn't have died out of it" I remember seeing this interview a couple of nights ago, she, the cousin had her back to the camera and the slack jawed BBC reporter left that statement unchallenged, maybe just a little interjection of "well what was he doing breaking into a house armed with a screwdriver, doesn't sound very loving" would have been a welcome observation. It annoyed me that she was given a platform to defend someone, relative or not, who we now know was a heartless, career criminal.
The Times has reported some of the crimes Henry Vincent and his wider family have inflicted on elderly people in the Kent area, distraction burglaries, building scams that earned them more than 1 million. One poor elderly lady was persuaded to sign over her house worth £150,000 having already handed over her £28,000 life savings. Vincent was also jailed for charging a pensioner £72,000 to replace one roof tile. Some of the family boasted on Facebook how they had robbed a war veteran of his medals with the comment "The old bastards deserve everything they get so stupid handing over thousands upon thousands"
I just hope the victims Mr Osborn-Brooks, who is no doubt traumatised, and his wife can get on with their lives without fear of reprisals. Their house has now been boarded up, maybe for the time being, but I guess they will go back there eventually.