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Funeral bosses left body decomposing for 36 days, UK court hears

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Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell accused of preventing lawful burial, causing a public nuisance and fraud

The bosses of a funeral directors left a man’s decomposing body in an uncooled mortuary room with water dripping down the walls, a jury has heard.

Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell, who ran Elkin and Bell Funerals in Gosport, Hampshire, also failed to buy a coffin for the man, though in his lifetime he had made careful arrangements for his funeral, the court heard.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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