Christchurch: Thieves steal from home of dead

Proof there are people sick in the head everywhere.

The family of a TV presenter, Donna Manning, had their home burgled as they waited outside the flattened building where she worked, desperately waiting for news from rescue crews. Manning was among 100 staff trapped in the building when it collapsed in Tuesday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch.

The telegraph.co.uk reports that her children, Kent, 15, and Lizzy 18, and her husband were waiting for news near the collapsed site when looters targeted their home. They were later told that there was no chance of survivors and left the Canterbury TV building devastated, only to return home to find that their house had been stripped of many of their possessions.