UK - John Wainwright, 71, kept in freezer for 2 years, Birmingham, found in 2020 *arrest*

[Luwin]

Man kept flatmate's dead body in freezer for two years

Damion Johnson kept John Wainwright's body in a freezer at a flat they shared in Birmingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

A man has admitted keeping his former flatmate's body in a freezer for nearly two years but denied using his bank card to obtain cash.
John Wainwright, 71, died in September 2018 and was discovered in August 2020.
Damion Johnson pleaded guilty at Derby Crown Court to keeping the body in the freezer of a property in Birmingham.


Johnson, of Sun Street, Derby, admitted one count of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body between 1 September 2018 and 22 August 2020.
But the 52-year-old denied three counts of fraud by false representation concerning using Mr Wainwright's bank card to withdraw money from cash machines, pay for goods and transfer money to his own account between 23 September 2018 and 7 May 2020.
Johnson is due to face a trial on 7 November and remains on bail.

 

[ifindedout]

From Dec. 2023: Johnson jailed for 2 years.

Man who kept friend's body in freezer for two years jailed

Damion Johnson, who has been jailed, was "overcome with grief and not able to let go of his friend".

www.bbc.com

A man who kept his friend's body in a freezer for two years has been jailed.

Damion Johnson, 53, had known John Wainwright for 27 years and lived with him at a flat in Birmingham.

The pair had a "strong friendship" and when Mr Wainwright, 71, died, Derby Crown Court was told Johnson had been "overcome by grief".

The defendant was jailed for two years after previously admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body and three counts of fraud.

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The body was discovered after Johnson was arrested for other matters in December 2019 and the flat was boarded up. The freezer containing the body was left inside but unplugged.

Several people later went to the flat to conduct safety checks and noted a strong smell, but the freezer was taken away by removal workers in August 2020, who assumed the smell was rotting food.

The body was eventually found by staff at Budget Skips Services Ltd in Exhall, Warwickshire.

A post-mortem examination noted signs of blunt force trauma, but could not conclude how Mr Wainwright died.

 

[Luwin]

Blunt force trauma, not notifying authorities, registered carer and presumably still claiming money associated with that, using funds from bank account and only got 2 years!