The Economic Times

'Didn't want to let her go': UK man kept mother's body in freezer for 3 years, claimed 78,000 in benefits, now jailed for two years and four months

A British man received a prison sentence for hiding his mother's body. He kept her remains in a chest freezer for nearly three years. During this time, he fraudulently claimed nearly seventy-eight thousand pounds in benefits. Police discovered the body during a welfare check after concerns were raised. The court heard he did not want to let his mother go.