A 60-year-old man in Wales, Christopher Phillips, is sentenced to prison after keeping his dead mother’s body in a chest freezer for nearly three years while continuing to claim her benefits. Multiple reports say the body was kept in the family home and that Phillips carried on receiving payments during the period his mother’s death was not properly reported. BBC and other outlets report that investigators arrested him after his mother’s body was found at the home. Authorities allege that Phillips collected more than £78,000 in benefits, according to BBC and Sky News. NDTV similarly describes claims involving nearly Rs 1 crore in benefits, reflecting conversions of the same UK figure. The Independent reports that Phillips receives a prison term of nearly two-and-a-half years. Sky News also states he is jailed and that the duration of the concealment was around three years. Several outlets frame the case as involving fraudulent benefit claims alongside the prolonged concealment of the body. The sentencing outcome and the reported amount of benefits are consistent across the coverage.