Will Chalk
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Our correspondent in Abuja is Chris Iwoka.
Chris awoke there.
A British man's been jailed for keeping his dead mother's body in a freezer while continuing to claim her pension and benefits for almost three years.
Sixty-year-old Christopher Phillips lied to relatives and the authorities, claiming the 89-year-old had moved from their home in South Wales to London.
More from our Wales correspondent, Harold Griffith.
Christopher Phillips was his mother Sylvia's main carer and lived with her until her death in March 2023.
Instead of reporting her death to the authorities, two days later he bought a chest freezer, wrapped her body in a blanket and placed her inside, covering her with flowers.
The court heard how he slept downstairs to be near his mother and would sometimes open the freezer to hold her hand.
For almost three years, he continued to accept her pension payments, benefits and winter fuel allowance, a sum of more than £78,000.
As she sentenced the 60-year-old, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clark said his deceit was deliberate and sustained.
You deliberately concealed your mother's death and took steps to give the impression that she was still alive.
You continued to collect her prescriptions and lie it to medical professionals and eventually to the police.
Sylvia Phillips's body was discovered only when the local medical practice asked police to conduct a welfare check on her in February 2026.
Christopher Phillips initially claimed she was staying with family in London before officers found the freezer in the dining room.
He was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and preventing a lawful and decent burial.
That report was by Hoelle Griffith.
Ten months after the US brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the peace plan has yet to deliver much of its promise.
Israeli forces have continued deadly strikes on Gaza, even since President Trump announced a deal last week between his Board of Peace and Hamas on disarmament.
Most Gazans still live in tent camps or in the rubble of half-destroyed homes.
But in the most trying circumstances, some are trying to connect to the outside world and make a living with their laptops.
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