Burial months thief in Australia next to his mother after 130 years of hanging

Burial months thief in Australia next to his mother after 130 years of hanging

Buried "Ned Kelly", the most famous thief in Australia, finally, beside his mother, according to the last wishes before his death, 130 years after the hanging.

The relatives will "Kelly" to bury the remains of their ancestor in a cemetery in the small town of Greta (South) during a private ceremony, next Sunday, the newspaper "The Edge" Australian.

Kelly was considered a ruthless murderer by some and a folk hero by others and was a symbol of resistance to the poorest of the poor of the British ruling class. It was at the age of five or six and twenty when he was hanged after being accused of killing three policemen. And his body was thrown in a mass grave and then transferred his remains to another prison in 1929 before تنبش again in 2009.

A scientific team from the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Victoria (South) identification of the remains in 2011 thanks to DNA (DNA) the "me Olver" university professor in Melbourne, a descendant of Ned Kelly's sister.

Said Joanne Griffith, one of the grandchildren of famous thief that the family will hold a Mass on Friday, before they buried the remains to rest, Sunday, with a tombstone bearing his name in the Greta cemetery next to his mother Ellen.

The family said: "The Kelly family want to meet the desires of the latter. Buried in the land blessed with family only private dignified burial." The story of this man is a source of inspiration for many films, books and songs, including the song "Ned Kelly" John Cash.