Gosport funeral directors jailed after leaving bodies decomposing in mortuary
The owners of a funeral home who left bodies decomposing in their mortuary – then sealed the coffins to hide their misgivings – have been jailed.
Used coffins, broken windows and a lack of refrigeration was found at the premises. It was also found that Elkin and Bell had forged its certificate of funeral directing, had received a number of county court judgements and was in debt.
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After a trial, which concluded in December 2025, the pair were found guilty of preventing lawful burial, intentionally causing a public nuisance and fraud at Portsmouth Crown Court. Today (Thursday, February 19) they returned to the same court to learn their sentence. They were both jailed for four years concurrently, and disqualified from acting as directors for any company for a period of seven years.
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