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A man has pleaded guilty to preventing the ‘lawful and decent” burial of his mother after her body was found in a freezer.
Christopher Phillips, 60, kept the body of his mother, retired company secretary Sylvia, on ice after she died at some point in 2023.
He then accessed her bank account and made withdrawals from her savings and benefits to fund his bachelor lifestyle in the seaside town of Porthcawl in Wales.
Former company director Phillips was arrested after police were called to the home he shared with his mother in February of this year.
Officers had been called to carry out a ‘welfare check’ after doctors raised concerns they had not heard from Mrs Phillips.
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