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A grieving Northern Ireland pensioner has impaled himself on cemetery railings after trying to climb in to visit his wife’s grave during lockdown.

DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson revealed the tragedy as he was articulating the widespread stress he said is being caused to grieving families across Northern Ireland who are currently unable to visit the graves of loved ones.

Mr Donaldson told the Nolan Show today: “What does it say when an elderly gentleman who just wants to visit the grave of his wife impales himself on a fence in his desperation to get to the grave of that loved on?”

Coronavirus: Pensioner impales himself on cemetery railings trying to visit wife’s grave during Covid-19 lockdown