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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Neil Shaw

Funeral had to be cancelled when undertaker lost dad's body

A bereaved son has blasted an undertakers after they 'lost' his dad's body - forcing the funeral to be cancelled. Leigh Blanning, 51, said his experience with L J Guyan has been "horrific".

He enlisted the firm after dad John Blanning, 82, passed away in December 2022. But when it came to the day of the funeral Leigh was told the ceremony could not go ahead - because the hearse had broken down.

Devastated Leigh, from Bristol, had to tell mourners to go straight to the wake - meaning they couldn't pay their proper respects. And, after L J Guyan launched a probe, it turned out it wasn't that the hearse hadn't broken down - but that the late Mr Blanning's body had been misplaced.

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