Summary
A man has admitted to keeping his mother’s body in a chest freezer at their home after she died in 2023. He also admitted fraud charges for not telling authorities about her death.
Key Facts
- Sylvia Phillips, age 89, died sometime in 2023.
- Her body was found in a chest freezer at her home in Porthcawl by South Wales Police in February.
- Her son, Christopher Phillips, 60, admitted preventing a lawful burial and two fraud charges.
- He did not inform the Department for Work and Pensions or Bridgend council about her death.
- A pathologist could not determine the cause of death, and investigations are ongoing.
- Police found the body after a welfare check was requested by Sylvia’s doctor.
- Christopher Phillips will be sentenced on June 2.
- The judge described the offenses as extremely serious.
