Man who kept friend's body in freezer jailed for two years

A man who stored a friend's body in a freezer for two years after being "overcome with grief" over his death has been jailed.

Damion Johnson was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to preventing the lawful and decent burial of the body of John Wainwright, as well as three counts of fraud.

Derby crown court heard on Tuesday that Wainwright, 71, died in September 2018 and was not found until August 2020.

The prosecutor, Darron Whitehead, said Johnson, 53, had known Wainwright for 27 years and moved in with him into a flat in Holloway Head, Birmingham, in 2015 as his carer.