Man kept mother’s body in freezer for years while collecting £78k of her benefits

Christopher Phillips was sentenced to two years and four months’ imprisonment - (South Wales Police)

A man has been sentenced to nearly two-and-a-half years in prison after storing his dead mother in a freezer and collecting more than £78,000 of her benefits.

Christopher Phillips, 60, previously pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his mother Silvia Phillips, 89, at their home in Porthcawl, on the south coast of Wales.