Late fiancee's stolen ring returned...with apologies

Burglar's note to grieving veteran

- HOLLIE BONE

A MAN has been reunited with his late fiancee's stolen engagement ring after it was returned along with an apology note.

Falklands veteran Darren Horsnell, 62, was devastated when he returned home to find the sentimental jewellery missing last month.

He pleaded with the thief on social media to return the ring, which had been kept next to the ashes of his late partner, Tracey Vick The theft had been made even more distressing as it fell on the fourth anniversary of her death.

In an extraordinary twist, the ring was dropped off at a veterans' charity where he volunteers with a handwritten note, which simply read: "Darren, sorry."

Darren said: "It was posted through the letterbox. The chap that picked it up thought it was a donation cheque.