Two women 'caught trying to smuggle dead relative on to passenger jet at Liverpool airport'

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | April 6, 2010

[Stoat]

In a scene reminiscent of the film 'Weekend at Bernie's', the corpse was pushed in on a wheelchair - complete with sunglasses - to try to fool staff at the check in desk at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, it is claimed.

The man's body had been driven to the airport in a taxi after the women told the driver he was asleep.

The women, aged 41 and 66, were travelling with two young children and arrived by taxi for the easyJet flight to Berlin at around 11am on Saturday.

Astoundingly, the party had pre-booked assistance for their 'disabled' relative, and airport worker Andrew Millea was waiting for their taxi with a wheelchair.

Shocked Mr Millea, 46, said: 'The party had booked extra assistance in advance, so I was already waiting outside with a wheelchair when they arrived.

'When the family pulled-up in a minibus-style taxi, the older lady told me assistance was needed for her elderly father, who was sat in the front seat of the cab.

'She told me that he was elderly and frail, and also very tired, so I would have to lift him out of the taxi and into the wheelchair.

'I immediately felt unsure about the situation, but I did my best to help by carefully lifting the man from his seat. To my horror his face fell sideways against mine, it was ice cold.

[Stoat]

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Arrests: Two women were questioned over an alleged attempt to smuggle a corpse through Liverpool John Lennon Airport (file picture

 

[Stoat]

The second lady encouraged the young children to "tell the man that's how your grandad always sleeps".

[mbarker12474]

The Brits named an airport after John Lennon?

Things are worse than I thought.

[library user]

It’s only legal to smuggle drugs thru John Lennon airport, not bodies. Duh.

[raybbr]

Plane ticket cheaper than a funeral?

[tx_eggman]

[mbarker12474]

The man isn’t dead until the death panel declares him to be dead.

[Mac from Cleveland]

Weekend at Bernice’s?

[Mac from Cleveland]

Since it was John Lennon Airport, they told customs

“Imagine he’s alive....”

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Maybe he died on Holiday and they figured why let his return ticket go to waste.

Of course, they could have also “discovered” that he died on the trip and then the airline would have had PR pressure to help them in their grief.

[raybbr]

It is thought that the dead man had spent the Easter holiday with members of his family at Oldham, Greater Manchester, but died from natural caused on Good Friday. Police suspect that the women tried to get him on the flight to Berlin Schoenfeld in a bid to avoid the costs of around £3,000 connected with repatriating his body.

LOL Gotta give them credit for trying.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

He’s pinin’ for the fjords.

[raybbr]

Read above. They were trying to avoid a 3000 Pound fee/s for repatriating the body.

How on earth could it cost that much?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

How could it cost that much?

The Government says it will cost that much.

[RexBeach]

“Bring out your dead!”

“I’m not dead yet!”

“Yes you are!”

[WOBBLY BOB]

probably a VAT tax on that, too...

[mbarker12474]

He’s pinin’ for the fjords

[Malsua]

Imagine sitting next to that? I’ve sat next to people who smelled, but no one who was actually rotting.

[Star Traveler]

The women, aged 41 and 66, were travelling with two young children and arrived by taxi for the easyJet flight to Berlin at around 11am on Saturday.

Ummmm..., if they "really wanted to do that" -- and -- if they were smarter, they would have simply driven to Berlin... and saved a bundle of money that way ... LOL ...

Or send him "Fed-Ex" ... next day air ... :-)

[ConservaTexan]

I immediately felt unsure about the situation, but I did my best to help by carefully lifting the man from his seat. To my horror his face fell sideways against mine, it was ice cold.

How much are you expected to tip for this kind of help?

[Ben Mugged]

pre-booked assistance for their 'disabled' relative

Dead is the ultimate disability.

[Moose4]

to try to fool staff at the check in desk at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Imagine there's no breathing...

}:-)4

[RedRedRose]

LOL. I’d love to see a picture of the arrest.

[pgyanke]

How much are you expected to tip for this kind of help?

Sounds to me like they stiffed her...

[Jack Hydrazine]

Because you have to move the body as air cargo. And the regs for human remains are quite numerous!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

LOL, my thoughts exactly!

[SparkyBass]

Just trying to transport their dead sister’s dentures to folks in need.

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[dfwgator]

They could have just put her on top of the station wagon.

[oh8eleven]

How on earth could it cost that much?
George Harrison said it best ...

Let me tell you how it will be;
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

[mbarker12474]

Bring out your dead!

[maddog55]

Wonder if it was John Lennon??

[scoobysnak71]

>”I’ve sat next to people who smelled, but no one who was actually rotting.”

I’ve been on alot of European airlines. lol. You could hardly tell the difference.

[throwback]

Are they sure he was dead at the start, given what airline delays are these days?

[bgill]

'She told me that he was elderly and frail, and also very tired, so I would have to lift him out of the taxi and into the wheelchair. 'I immediately felt unsure about the situation, but I did my best to help by carefully lifting the man from his seat. To my horror his face fell sideways against mine, it was ice cold.

Proof again that if you want the job done correctly, do it yourself.

[Stoat]

UPDATE

Video interview with the women here:

BBC News - Relatives of Curt Jarant- 'We didn't know he was dead'

 

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Stoat]

“Honky Lips”?

So that’s the kind of transportation favored by antiwhite racists?

[bgill]

The vacationing family wouldn’t be the Griswolds, would it?

[Eaker]

How on earth could it cost that much?

Vegetarian meal?

[RexBeach]

LOL!!! Thank you!

[colorado tanker]

Why didn't they send him home special delivery?

[Slings and Arrows]

"Sorry, Ma'am - no carrion luggage allowed."

[Oztrich Boy]

The Brits named an airport after John Lennon?

And why not?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Weekend at Bernies III; The Mile High Club

“...now, twenty years later, Bernie and the boys are back...and this time, he DEFINITELY belongs on a No-Fly List!”

[calex59]

The moral of this story?

Never die in a foreign country!

[4yearlurker]

To be spoken like Arnold from “Commando.”

“Please don't wake him,he's dead tired.”

[TheOldLady]

LOL! Waiting for someone to top that one...

Still waiting...

[Slings and Arrows]

Thanks! (Interestingly enough, it would have worked on the vulture thread too.)

[AwesomePossum]

It's only going to get worse........say, um, Elton John Elementary School?.........

And, if you are wondering about reply 44..........atheist perspective.........

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