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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

Funeral bosses left body decomposing for 36 days, UK court hears

Bel and Elkin
Hayley Bell and Richard Elkin deny the charges against them. Photograph: Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News

The bosses of a funeral directors left a man’s decomposing body in an uncooled mortuary room with water dripping down the walls, a jury has heard.

Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell, who ran Elkin and Bell Funerals in Gosport, Hampshire, also failed to buy a coffin for the man, though in his lifetime he had made careful arrangements for his funeral, the court heard.

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