Overview
- Officers discovered the body of a local woman in her 80s inside a freezer on February 17 after a welfare concern call to a Porthcawl address.
- Christopher Phillips, 60, has been charged with preventing a lawful burial and appeared at Cardiff Magistrates' Court, where he was remanded in custody.
- A Crown Court hearing is scheduled for March 20 in Cardiff as inquiries into the death continue.
- Investigators have not determined how long the body had been in the property, and forensic officers remain at the scene.
- Some reports state Phillips also faces a fraud by false representation charge, while police have confirmed only the burial-prevention charge; the offence can carry a life sentence or an unlimited fine.