Neighbours believed dead mother being kept in freezer was ‘agoraphobic’

Christopher Phillips who was sentenced to two years and four months’ imprisonment at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after keeping his dead mother inside a freezer for nearly three years (South Wales Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Neighbours believed a dead woman whose body was kept in a freezer by her son for nearly three years had not been seen in public because she was “agoraphobic”.

Christopher Phillips, 60, was jailed on Monday after admitting to keeping the body of his mother Silvia, 89, frozen in the living room of their home in Poplar Crescent, Porthcawl.