# Son jailed for hiding mother’s body in freezer and claiming benefits

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/moment-police-find-mans-dead-mother-inside-freezer-where-he-placed-her-body-for-three-years-while-receiving-78000-of-her-benefits/
- Published: 2026-11-10T21:31:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T21:47:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281965/Police-man-dead-mother-freezer-body-benefits.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Police found Silvia Phillips in a freezer at her home.
- Her son claimed more than £78,000 in benefits after her death.
- Christopher Phillips was jailed for two years and four months.

## Summary

Police in South Wales found 89-year-old Silvia Phillips’ body in a chest freezer at her home in Porthcawl, three years after her son Christopher placed her there. The case drew attention to how he concealed her death while continuing to claim benefits in her name.

Phillips, 60, received £78,190.92 in state pension and other benefits after his mother died on 8 March 2023. He pleaded guilty to preventing her lawful and decent burial and fraud offences, and was sentenced to two years and four months in prison in August. Police had visited after a GP raised concerns about her welfare.

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