A Glasgow company has led indignation after it has set up a gigantic inflatable of a knives with a blood stained with the words: “We kill the prices of all competitors.”
Big Duck Bathrooms was branded 'sick' and 'insensitive' after founding the giant advertisement based on the Mike Myers character in the Horrorfilm Halloween, just a few days after a fatal stitches in the city.
Two teenagers are accused of killing Amen Teklay, 15, who died in a knife attack in Glasgow's St George's Cross area on March 5
The 30ft inflatable was noticed yesterday morning on a yellow trailer on a traffic island in Dennistoun.
It was only taken down a few hours later after the business owner, Cornelius Kelly, had received a complaint.
Mr Kelly said he had never thought that the advertisement would insult someone and claimed that he was not aware of recent death.
He said MailOnline: “After he had been informed around lunch, a young boy had recently died because of knife crime, I immediately took it off.”
He added: 'My displays were designed to bring a smile and generate things. The moment I heard of that tragedy, I removed it. '
A Glasgow company has led indignation after it has set up a gigantic inflatable by Michael Myers with a blood stained with the words: “We kill the prices of all competitors'
Large duck bathrooms used a bloated version of the fictional serial killer to advertise for the company, but after a recent fatal stabbing in the city, the move 'insensitive' and 'sick' is branded. Shown: Business owner, Cornelius Kelly
Mr Kelly said to MailOnline: “After he had been informed around lunch, a young boy had recently died because of knife crime, I immediately brought it down”
City councilor Bailie Anthony Carroll destroyed the advertisement after receiving a series of angry e emails from the local residents.
Mr. Carroll, who represents Dennistoun in East End, said: 'To set up a huge serial killer for no good reason feels so insensitive.
“It's in such a bad taste. It should not be after an alleged murder took place in the city. It is at the expense of local integrity. '
Facebook users also staggered through the stunt and went to the commentary part to unleash their wrath.
One person said, “Those who think this is a great joke, a smile and being acceptable just sick.”
Another added: 'Terrible! Nothing funny about '.
'Horrible. Far from funny 'a third was agreed.
Although others jump to defend the company and said that the stunt was not meant to be taken to heart.
Amen Teklay, 15, was deadly stabbed in Glasgow's Maryhill on March 5, 2025
“If I just passed this, I would not laugh wrong with it,” someone noted.
A fifth person said: 'There is more serious things that happen in this world, this inflatable is not one of them.
'If I was in that neck of the forest, I would take a picture, do not chuckle and be on the road. Enlighten people, it should not be taken seriously '.
It comes after just last month that the company again made the headlines when a gigantic rubber duck that was used to promote the business burst, so that polystyrene balls are spread across streets during Storm Eowyn.
