"High Court enforcement agents, tasked with repossessing the premises due to unpaid rent and debts, had found the bodies of two elderly men. They felt immediate concern at the circumstances in which the bodies were being kept, Ms Bates said. Water was coming in through a leak in the roof of the mortuary room, it was running down the walls. The room was not refrigerated, the temperature within the mortuary room was no different to elsewhere in the premises."
"But Ms Bates said that Mr Mitchell had taken out a funeral plan with Golden Charter Ltd, and the defendants had been paid 2,040 to pay for the cremation. The court heard that Bell then provided an invoice to Mr Mitchell's sister-in-law, Patricia Mitchell, for the sum of 1,295, saying that a coffin of simple design would be provided, while telling Golden Charter it would be fully lined, oak veneered MDF coffin,"
Two people who ran Elkin and Bell Funerals are on trial accused of preventing lawful burial and fraud after High Court enforcement agents repossessing the premises found the bodies of William Mitchell, 87, and Clive Reynolds. Water leaked into an unrefrigerated mortuary room, running down the walls, and Mr Mitchell's body showed obvious signs of decomposition after remaining there for 36 days. Defendants reportedly told police cremation had not occurred due to non-payment, despite a paid funeral plan with Golden Charter Ltd. An invoice was issued to a family member misrepresenting coffin specifications, while no coffin had been purchased. The family believed a private cremation had taken place.
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