Man hid dad’s body in wardrobe for more than a year to keep claiming his pension

A man hid his father in a wardrobe for more than a year-and-a-half after his death to claim his pension (Picture Shutterstock /Ivanb.photo)

A man accused of hiding his dad’s dead body for more than a year so he could keep claiming his pension has been detained.

The 25-year-old told officers he had concealed his parent’s body for a year and a half following his death in the family home, Spain’s Civil Guard confirmed.

Police searched the house in the town of Torrecaballeros near Segovia where they found the corpse stored in a wardrobe.

The father is thought to have died of natural causes, although his age at death is as of yet unknown and an investigation has been opened into the incident.