Son jailed after keeping mother’s body in freezer for nearly three years
A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison after keeping his dead mother’s body in a chest freezer at their family home for nearly three years and continuing to collect her pension and other benefits.
Two days after Sylvia died, Phillips purchased a chest freezer and placed it in the dining room of their semi-detached home, where her body remained until police found it during a welfare check requested by her GP.
Christopher Phillips was arrested after police discovered the body of his 89-year-old mother, Sylvia Phillips, at their home in Poplar Crescent, Porthcawl, Bridgend county, in February.
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