Overview
- Christopher Phillips, 60, pleaded guilty Thursday at Cardiff Crown Court to preventing a lawful and decent burial and to two counts of fraud.
- Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke set sentencing for June 2 to allow time for a psychiatric report on the defendant.
- Police found 89-year-old Sylvia Phillips in a chest freezer at the Poplar Crescent home on February 17 after a GP requested a welfare check.
- Investigators have not established how or exactly when she died, and the inquest opened on April 15 was adjourned for further tests.
- Prosecutors said he accessed her pension and savings and failed to notify the Department for Work and Pensions and Bridgend Council of her death.