The person informed investigators that he put his spouse in a freezer after discovering her lifeless
A 57-year-old Norwegian man was sentenced to three.5 years in jail by a Swedish court docket on Monday for fraud and falsifying data, in response to Fox Information. The person had preserved his spouse’s physique in a freezer for nearly 5 years with the intention to gather her pension.
The person’s lawyer informed native paper Nya Wermlands-Tidningen, “They did not wish to be buried at a public cemetery however on the farm, truly. So he put her within the freezer to later bury her outdoors after which it fell by the wayside.”
The person allegedly informed his family and friends that his 60-year-old was alive even after she died from most cancers in 2018. In line with an English-language Norwegian information website, the girl’s household reported her lacking after dropping contact along with her, however the man saved telling them that she was both sleeping or unavailable earlier than finally telling them she not wished to talk with them.
The police discovered her physique in March following a tip, and the person admitted that he hid her loss of life and physique.
The person informed investigators that he put his spouse in a freezer after discovering her lifeless of their residence. The couple lived in Arjang, which is about 340 kilometres west of Stockholm.
In accordance to a couple native media experiences, the person had saved the physique within the freezer which he additionally used to retailer meals. Within the meantime, the person saved claiming the girl’s pension and tax rebates, a complete sum of greater than 1.2 million Norwegian kroner ($116,000).
“The person additionally used the freezer for different functions which I argue signifies that the deceased individual’s sanctity of the grave was violated each time the person opened and closed the freezer, which is an aggravating circumstance,” mentioned prosecutor Linda Karlsson in a press release.
The court docket has convicted the person on prices of gross breach of civil liberties, gross fraud, mutilating a corpse, and falsification of paperwork, amongst others.
