A bereaved sister has hit out at a council she claims disrespected her big brother's grave.

Hundreds of mourners turned out to say goodbye to popular and fun-loving Allyn Gilchrist, leaving more than a dozen floral tributes at his grave.

But his family says workers in Baldernock cemetery failed to handle these tributes with care, leaving them crushed and broken.

Allyn's sister, Ashley, said: "The council has made everything 200 times worse.

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"My mum and I returned to Allyn's grave the morning after his funeral to see the floral tributes and we couldn't believe what we were seeing.

"They hadn't been handled with any care or laid out properly on his grave site.

"They were crushed onto this one tiny bit of ground, piled on top of one another and many of them were broken and the flowers damaged.

"It was completely disrespectful to my brother's memory and an insult to the people who had taken the time and care to have these tributes made.

"There were 18 floral tributes, all specially designed to reflect Allyn and the things he liked."

Ashley, who has two other brothers, said her family were devastated by Allyn's sudden death.

A hugely popular young man, who had more than 8000 mourners attend his funeral, Allyn, committed suicide on July 1.

Ashley said his death came as a complete shock to her siblings and her parents.

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The 27-year-old said: "Allyn was the life and soul of the party. He had so many friends who loved him and was a really popular guy.

"My brother was there for everybody - he would make time for anybody who needed him - but he must have felt he couldn't turn to anybody himself.

"Nobody knew, nobody had any idea. It was completely out of the blue.

"He was known as big, happy, jolly Allyn."

The 31-year-old was buried on July 16 and Ashley said her mother asked the funeral director what would happen to the floral tributes as there were so many.

She was reassured that East Dunbartonshire Council staff would take good care of them and rearrange them once the plot had been filled in.

Ashley said: "Because there were so many people there and it was so busy, my mum asked what would happen to the flowers.

"We went up on the Sunday morning to read all the messages on the flowers and couldn't believe what we were seeing.

"Some of the tributes were pretty big and had been squashed to fit them into this small space.

"I burst into tears because I knew, as a florist myself, how much work and care had gone into them. It wasn't even 24 hours after the funeral."

Ashley set to work to repair the damage done and contacted East Dunbartonshire Council for an explanation.

Having called, emailed and contacted the council on Facebook, she has so far heard nothing back.

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Ashley added: "Someone could have said to us on the day to take them with us or move them.

"My mum was devastated. She felt like it was disrespectful to Allyn's life."

Grace Irvine, Director of Neighbourhood Services at East Dunbartonshire Council, said: "We are currently investigating the complaint and have replied to Ms Gilchrist to advise her that we will get back to her as soon as we can update her on the situation.

"We understand that this is a difficult time for the family and we endeavour to get back to them as soon as possible."