A grief-stricken man is facing jail time after he dug up his dead mother's body and kept her on his sofa for a suspected 13 years.
Police were horrified to discover the woman's "mummified" remains inside the home of Marian L in Radlin, Poland, after his estranged brother-in-law raised some concerns about his health.The 76-year-old had propped up his mother's preserved corpse on top of a pile of newspapers dating from 2009, which were sitting on his sofa, the Mirror reports.
Prosecutors confirmed that the elderly woman, known as Jadwiga L, had passed away in January 2010 and believe the man had dug her up shortly after the burial.
Małgorzata Koniarska, a spokeswoman for local police, said: "We received a report in connection with the disclosure of the body from a family member of the owner of the apartment.
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