Distraught families given ashes of strangers as bodies of loved ones left to rot in ‘horror scene’ funeral parlour tell court ‘no sentence could ever be enough’
A court has heard harrowing accounts from grieving families after bodies left in the care of a funeral parlour were found decomposing in what was described as a "horror scene," with some relatives given the cremated remains of strangers instead of their own loved ones. The case has caused widespread distress, with families telling the court that no punishment handed down could ever adequately reflect the harm caused by the mishandling of the deceased.
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- Families given strangers' ashes after funeral parlour mishandled bodies
- Court told scene was a "horror scene" of decomposing remains
- Relatives say no sentence could ever be enough