Devastated daughter forced to leave mother's coffin on graveside after digger ...
Daughter was forced to wait for her mother's grave to be dug on day of her funeral after digger scoop fell in the ditch and machine to remove it broke down - before being told she would have to leave coffin on grass nearby Relatives of Joan Stokoe, 66, gathered for her funeral in Sunderland on Monday But mourners were horrified to find diggers on site still unearthing her grave They waited an hour before being asked if they wanted to leave coffin on grass Ms Stokoe's daughter Kelly said: 'I'm absolutely foaming, we are all so upset'
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A family say they were devastated when they arrived for their late mother's funeral service only to find her grave still being dug out by a digger.
Mourners gathered to say their goodbyes to Joan Stokoe at the site in Grangetown, Sunderland, 15 minutes before it was due to start but were instead forced to sit and wait in their cars.
As Ms Stokoe's daughter Kelly Smith arrived, she was also told the scoop from the digger had fallen into her mother's grave and a second machine was used in an attempt to retrieve the part had broken down.
Family members waited over an hour for the funeral to
