A 60-year-old man has been jailed after concealing his mother's body in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years while continuing to claim more than £78,000 in her pension and state benefits.

Christopher Phillips, 60, has been jailed after keeping his dead mother inside a freezer for nearly three years while continuing to receive more than £78,000 of her benefits

Christopher Phillips has been sent to prison for nearly two-and-a-half years