Funeral directors left decomposing body in un-cooled & leaky mortuary for 36 DAYS after not buying coffin, court hears

FUNERAL directors left a rotting body in an un-cooled and leaky mortuary for over one month after not buying a coffin, a court heard. Richard Elkin, 49, and Hayley Bell, 42, have been accused of public nuisance, preventing lawful burial of a dead body and fraud. Bosses of Elkin and Bell Funerals, the pair allegedly…