Well, this is pretty messed up, innit?
A Brit just got two years and four months in jail for the crime of stuffing his dead mum in the freezer and not telling anyone she died, just so he could continue getting her welfare checks.
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Good thing he didn't send any mean tweets, or else he could have gotten at least three years!
Here's the statement from South Wales police:
A man has been jailed after he concealed his mother's death in order to financially benefit.
Christopher Phillips, 60, of Porthcawl, pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body, and to fraud by false representation, at Cardiff Crown Court on March 20.
On Monday, August 3, at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, Phillips was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
His mother hadn't been seen since 2022, and the police finally paid a visit to her home where she lived with her adult son in February of this year. Phillips had kept his mother on ice for three years and collected more than £78,000 in that timeframe.
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Ironically, Brits will continue to pay for his room and board ... this time in a prison cell.
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