BITTER William Ireland is taking revenge on the dad he says abandoned him as a child - by auctioning his ashes on eBay.
William, 50, claims he was six when dad Ken left his mum and broke contact to start a new life. He later tracked him down.
The bidding for his ashes starts at 99p. William said: "I spent a lot of childhood pining for dad.
"When I found him we started seeing each other then he died in 2006. I found out his estate was going to the woman he left my mother for and their son.
"I thought he might have made it up to me. Obviously he never cared."
William, of Atherstone, Warks, got the ashes after paying for the funeral.
Ken's wife and family are thought to want them back. The ad suggests turning the carbon in the ashes into a diamond.
It reads: "Here are the ashes of my father, Kenneth Ireland, an adulterer who left a wife, two children and just £17 in her pocket. He never paid a penny towards his kids' upbringing."
Well Mr. Ireland isn't the only one trying to auction off ashes. I have looked for his auction and feel eBay has also banned it like the following auction.
eBay pulls pin on ashes auction
June 21st, 2009
A BYRON Shire man has been banned from selling his wife's ashes on internet auction site eBay.
Ashley Mackinnon, of Wilsons Creek near Byron Bay, advertised his wife Laura Chapman's ashes on the website four days ago to help bring public attention to CyberKnife radiosurgery and to raise money to pay off her medical bills.
The ashes, which are packed in a memory bottle, received 150 hits, but were taken down by eBay administrators when they realised exactly what the item was.
Mr Mackinnon, 45, and his children Alec, 9, andRebecca, 15, believe Laura would not have had a problem with the auction.
``The kids and I are so gutted to do this, but we do it knowing Leah would have a laugh at our creativity and she would be grateful she could be part of the solution,'' said Mr Mackinnon.
Ms Chapman was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and in 2004 doctors discovered nine tumours in her brain.
She travelled to the US with Mr Chapman for CyberKnife radiosurgery.
The treatment cleared the tumours, however Ms Chapman died in 2005, aged 42, from liver failure as a result of chemotherapy, which had be undertaken before she underwent CyberKnife treatment in the US.
Mr Mackinnon has made it his mission to have the treatment made available here.
But first he has to pay the bills.
He said each trip to the US cost between $80,000 and $100,000, which he is still paying off on top of his mortgage and other expenses.
He said he earns about $3500 per month, but has medical bills of $2400 per month, a mortgage of $1600 per month and bank fees of $250 per month.
``I'm at my wit's end,'' he said.
``But a few people have been fantastic and emailing me with messages of support.''
