UK man jailed for claiming late mother’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 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....