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Christopher Phillips Pleads Guilty to Hiding Mother’s Body in Freezer for Years While Spending Her Pension
Phillips admitted keeping his mother’s body in a freezer and defrauding public agencies of her pension, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, April 16, Christopher Phillips, 60, pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his mother, Sylvia Phillips, 89, and two counts of fraud.
- Officers discovered Sylvia's body in a chest freezer at the Porthcawl home on February 17 after a welfare check was requested by her GP practice concerned she had not been heard from.
- Phillips admitted failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions and Bridgend Council of his mother's death in 2023, continuing to withdraw pension funds to support personal expenses.
- Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke adjourned sentencing until June 2, remanding Phillips in custody while the defence team seeks a psychiatric report and bank records from both agencies.
- An inquest opened on Wednesday, April 15, into Sylvia's death, though the cause remains unknown as criminal investigations continue and further forensic examinations are required.
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Christopher Phillips, 60, kept his mother's body in the freezer after his death, which apparently occurred in 2023.
Man kept his dead mother 'in freezer for 2 years so he could claim pension'
Christopher Phillips, 60, was funding a bachelor lifestyle A man has pleaded guilty to preventing the ‘lawful and decent” burial of his mother after her body was found in a freezer. Christopher Phillips, 60, kept the body of his mother, retired company secretary Sylvia, on ice after she died at some point in 2023. He then accessed her bank account and made withdrawals from her savings and benefits to fund his bachelor lifestyle in the seaside to…
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He did not report his mother's death, and her body was hidden in the freezer by a man so that he could illegally collect his pension.
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