[Mrluvaluva]

Police have arrested two women after they tried to take the body of a dead relative onto a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Staff became suspicious when the women tried to check in the man, who was wearing sunglasses, for a flight to Berlin on Saturday.

The man is thought to have died the previous day and was in a wheelchair.

The women, aged 41 and 66, were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death.

The pair, who are German nationals but live in Oldham, have been released on bail until 1 June, police said.

Officers are investigating reports that the body had been taken to the airport by taxi from Oldham, a spokesman said.


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Um, why? Did they want his air miles?

[Niamh.]

Wombai already did this in general Chat

[Smithy]

Just saw this on the news, lol

[Shasown]

Maybe they wanted to have his death registered on German Soil and have him buried over there, its cheaper and there is a lot less red tape to take a 'live' passenger overseas than ship a corpse in a coffin.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Maybe they wanted to have his death registered on German Soil and have him buried over there, its cheaper and there is a lot less red tape to take a 'live' passenger overseas than ship a corpse in a coffin.

Yes the Krauts

[2k9david2k10]

I seen this on news to wtf they must of known from the journey down To airport they just dont speak to him in car all the way there

[arista]

They Claim he was Alive when they got to the Airport.

[Mrluvaluva]

An airport worker who helped two women lift the body of a dead relative from a taxi, before they tried to check him in for a flight, said he knew he was dead.
Gitta Jarant and Anke Anusic tried to check in the body of Curt Willi Jarant for a flight to Berlin at Liverpool John Lennon Airport on Saturday.

They said they thought the 91-year-old, who was wearing sunglasses and was in a wheelchair, was asleep.

Andrew Millea said the man's face fell against his, and it was "ice cold".

"I knew straight away that the man was dead, but they reassured me that he 'always sleeps like that'," he said.

Mr Millea said he alerted security staff at the airport and the family was led to a side room where first-aid staff confirmed the man was dead.

Mrs Jarant, 66, and Mrs Anusic, 41, were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death. They have been bailed until 1 June, police said.

The pair, who are German nationals living in Oldham, have denied Mr Jarant - a former pilot - had died 24 hours earlier and that they had transported his body by taxi to the airport.

Asked why Mr Jarant, who suffered from Alzheimer's, was wearing sunglasses, Mrs Anusic said it was because he had an unsightly eye and they did not want fellow travellers staring at him.

"So many people had seen him in the previous 24 hours," she said.

"We had checked his temperature and checked his wellbeing.

"The accusations are wrong.

"Willi had been eating and had no fever.

"He was warm and wasn't in an emergency situation."

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out in the next few days, police said.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport declined to comment while the police investigation was ongoing.


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[BigBrotherfan4ever]

When i heard about this story, i honestly thought it a late April Fool