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Two women 'caught trying to smuggle dead relative on to passenger jet at Liverpool airport'
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| April 6, 2010
Posted on 04/06/2010 10:27:50 AM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; england; greatbritain; iseedeadpeople; liverpool; uk; unitedkingdom; weekenedatbernies
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Arrests: Two women were questioned over an alleged attempt to smuggle a corpse through Liverpool John Lennon Airport (file picture
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:27:50 AM PDT
by
Stoat
To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
The second lady encouraged the young children to "tell the man that's how your grandad always sleeps".
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:28:29 AM PDT
by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
The Brits named an airport after John Lennon?
Things are worse than I thought.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:29:03 AM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: Stoat
It’s only legal to smuggle drugs thru John Lennon airport, not bodies. Duh.
To: Stoat
Plane ticket cheaper than a funeral?
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:29:19 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(I hate B(ig) H(ead) Obama)
To: Stoat
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:29:41 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
To: Stoat
The man isn’t dead until the death panel declares him to be dead.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:30:32 AM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: Stoat
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:30:34 AM PDT
by
Mac from Cleveland
("See what you made me do?" Major Malik Hasan)
To: library user
Since it was John Lennon Airport, they told customs
“Imagine he’s alive....”
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:31:27 AM PDT
by
Mac from Cleveland
("See what you made me do?" Major Malik Hasan)
To: raybbr
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.
To: Stoat
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.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:31:53 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(I hate B(ig) H(ead) Obama)
To: Mac from Cleveland
He’s pinin’ for the fjords.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:33:17 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Read above. They were trying to avoid a 3000 Pound fee/s for repatriating the body.
How on earth could it cost that much?
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:33:18 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(I hate B(ig) H(ead) Obama)
To: raybbr
How could it cost that much?
The Government says it will cost that much.
To: mbarker12474
“Bring out your dead!”
“I’m not dead yet!”
“Yes you are!”
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:36:12 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: raybbr
probably a VAT tax on that, too...
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:36:25 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( FIRE STUPAK: LindaForCongress.com)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Hes pinin for the fjords
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:36:26 AM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: Stoat
Imagine sitting next to that? I’ve sat next to people who smelled, but no one who was actually rotting.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:36:28 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: Stoat
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 ... :-)
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:36:47 AM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Stoat
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?
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:37:03 AM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911)
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