Women charged with preventing lawful burial of body

Two women have been charged with preventing lawful burial after the body of a man was found in a car.

Dinah Manders, 88, of Weirfield Road, Exeter, and Rosemary Manders, 53, of Upton Lane, Ilminster, have both been charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.

The body of a man in his 60s, from the Avon and Somerset area, was found in a car in Helston Business Park, Cornwall, on 18 December 2024.

Devon and Cornwall Police said the women had been bailed and were due to appear at Truro Magistrates' Court on 26 March.

The women had been arrested on suspicion of murder, wilful neglect of a person without mental capacity and preventing a lawful burial but police said they had dropped the charges of murder and wilful neglect.

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