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Liam Buckler

Woman in court for carrying out dad's dying wish to be buried in woodland

A daughter who illegally buried her dad's body in a secret woodland broke the law, a court heard.

Eirys Brett, 31, and her partner Mark Watson, 46, carried out frail Donald Brett's dying wishes with the secret countryside burial - but broke the law after failing to legally register his death.

Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard how Donald, who was believed to be 78 or recently turned 79 when he died, made a dying request to be buried in woods in a medieval non-Christian style near his farmhouse home.

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