RIP: Marine rests in pub
Friends of former Royal Marine Kenny Brown yesterday carried out his final wish by spreading his ashes outside the pub he loved best.
Bruce Carnall, manager of the Stanhope Hotel in South Shields, said that Mr Brown, 46, who died of pneumonia on 16 December, "wanted his ashes scattered so that every time it rains, people will trample him through the bar".
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