Source eGlobal Travel News
Women ‘tried to smuggle corpse onto plane’
April 7, 2010 Aviation,
Two women placed sunglasses on the corpse of a dead relative and attempted to push the body in a wheelchair onto an international flight at a British airport, UK police have reported.Merseyside Police arrested the two women at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport after bystanders became suspicious about the total immobility of the passenger in the wheelchair.

The women, aged 41 and 66, were questioned “on suspicion of failing to give notification of death” of a 91-year-old man, whose body they were allegedly trying to take with them to Berlin. They were bailed without formal charge.

No suspicion of foul play has been reported. British media surmise that the duo, both German nationals, were trying to evade hefty fees for the repatriation of dead bodies, which can cost up to £3000 (almost A$5000). London’s Sun newspaper reported that the taxi driver who took the women to the airport with their wheelchair-bound passenger was “upset and devastated” when told about the incident.

Written by: Peter Needham

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