I was dismayed to read the article about Mrs Jeanette Burke and the letter she received from Brighton and Hove Council telling her to take down the memorial plaque she put up in memory of her son Stephen (Argus, June 20).

I know Mrs Burke and I'd like to ask the bureaucrats at the council if they have any idea what this lady is going through?

Stephen was her only child and Jeanette was, and still is, devastated by his sudden death.

-Christine Coe, Grove Bank, Brighton