On Tuesday, a 52-year-old Briton identified as
Damion Johnson
was found guilty of a heinous crime:
he stored the body of a pensioner inside his home freezer and kept it there for two years
.
Johnson was charged with
preventing the legal and decent burial
of
John Wainwright
, who was 71 when he died in September 2018. Wainwright's body was only discovered on August 22, 2020.
The most disturbing and absurd thing about the case is that the causes of the old man's death are still not clear, nor why Johnson decided to keep his body in the refrigerator at his home in Birmingham.
Damion Johnson is accused of preventing Wainwright's legal and decent burial.
Photo: Daily Express
A second accusation against Damion could explain his conduct.
On Tuesday, Johnson was also accused of using the retiree's bank details to go shopping and withdraw money between September 23, 2018 and May 7, 2020.
Johnson denied this charge, arguing that the money he had used from Wainwright's account was his.
On November 7, he must prove it in a new trial.
Raglan Ashton
, his lawyer, explained to the judge: "He says he did not act dishonestly, that is, he claims he was entitled to the funds in Mr Wainwright's account."
"The agreement was that the monies would be jointly paid into Mr. Wainwright's account, so he essentially maintains that they were his funds in Mr. Wainwright's account and, in short, he was entitled to them."
Damion is currently free on bail.
What will become of him in a few months?
sinister bedside table
In November of last year something similar happened in Argentina.
The woman was detained by the DDI.
A mother from Villa Ballester did not know what to do after the death of her 5-year-old daughter at home and made an unusual decision: she
hid the body in a box and used it for a while as a bedside table
.
The mother herself appeared at the police station to denounce her act.
When the agents investigated her house, they soon discovered the gruesome and improvised coffin that contained the remains of the 5-year-old girl.
The tests carried out on the body of the young woman indicated that the cause of death was a "respiratory infection".
The girl had health complications after being born prematurely.
The situation was left to see.
The woman was arrested for possible "homicide" and the prosecutor ordered that the corresponding studies be carried out.
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