{
  "id": 89728,
  "title": "UK jails man for claiming late mum’s benefits while keeping her body in freezer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/uk-jails-man-for-claiming-late-mums-benefits-while-keeping-her-body",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T13:30:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3362830/uk-jails-man-claiming-late-mums-benefits-while-keeping-her-body-freezer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A British man who kept his mother’s body in a freezer for nearly three years while he received almost £80,000 (US$108,000) of her welfare benefits was jailed on Monday. Christopher Phillips, 60, had admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his 89-year-old mother Sylvia Phillips after she died in March 2023 until his arrest at their home in Porthcawl, south Wales, in February this year.…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}