Son who kept mum's body in freezer for years collected £78k of her benefits

Christopher Phillips’ mother, Sylvia, had yellow and pink roses and a birthday card placed on her body.

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Man jailed for keeping dead mother’s body in freezer and pocketing her benefits

Christopher Phillips, who had been his mother Sylvia’s primary carer since 2008, given two years and four months in prison A man has been jailed for keeping his dead mother’s body in a freezer at their shared home for almost three years, during which time he received more than £70,000 of her benefits and other funds. Christopher Phillips, 60, stored the body of Sylvia Phillips, a retired company secretary, in the chest freezer in the living room of their house in the south Wales seaside town...

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UK jails man for claiming late mum’s benefits while keeping her body in freezer

A British man who kept his mother’s ⁠body in ⁠a freezer for nearly ⁠three years while he received almost £80,000 (US$108,000) of her welfare benefits was jailed on Monday. Christopher Phillips, 60, had admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his 89-year-old mother Sylvia Phillips after ‌she died in March 2023 until his arrest at their home in Porthcawl, south Wales, in February this year. Phillips also pleaded guilty to fraud after he received about £78,000 in benefits and pension...

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Woman believed to be ‘agoraphobic’ was actually dead and kept in freezer by her son

Christopher Phillips was jailed after admitting to keeping the body of his mother Silvia, 89, frozen in the living room of their home in Porthcawl, Wales

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Son who kept mum's body in freezer for years collected £78k of her benefits

Son kept mother's body in freezer for three years, claimed £78,000 pension; jailed in UK

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Man jailed for keeping dead mother in freezer in living room while continuing to claim her benefits

Christopher Phillips, 60, previously admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of Silvia Phillips, 89, at their home in Porthcawl

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Man jailed for keeping mom’s dead body in freezer for nearly 3 years

A man who kept his dead mother in a chest freezer in the living room of the family home for nearly three years and continued to collect her pension and benefits has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

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