Clothing, bags hid UK heir's wife's body
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July 19, 2012, Thursday
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THE decomposing body of the American wife of one of Britain's wealthiest residents was found by police under several layers of clothing and bin liner bags at their central London home days after she died, a court was told yesterday.
Hans Rausing, an heir to the Tetra Pak packaging fortune, appeared in court in west London, looking frail, to face charges that he prevented the "lawful and decent" burial of his 48-year-old wife Eva, found dead on July 9.
The court was told that police had found her body in an advanced state of decomposition beside a bed on the second floor of the couple's six-story townhouse in Cadogan Place, one of London's most desirable locations.
Officers had gone to the address after arresting her 49-year-old husband on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink or drugs. The precise date of her death has not been established.
Rausing, bearded and wearing glasses, was granted bail until a court appearance later this month on condition he remained at the Capio Nightingale Hospital, a private mental hospital.
Rausing's parents said in a statement after the hearing that their daughter-in-law's death and the details of subsequent events were a reminder of "the distorted reality of drug addiction."
They said they hoped their son would find the strength to "begin the long and hard journey of detoxification and rehabilitation."
The couple, who have four children, first met at a US drug rehabilitation center in the early 1990s and gave generously to addiction treatment charities.
Hans Rausing, an heir to the Tetra Pak packaging fortune, appeared in court in west London, looking frail, to face charges that he prevented the "lawful and decent" burial of his 48-year-old wife Eva, found dead on July 9.
The court was told that police had found her body in an advanced state of decomposition beside a bed on the second floor of the couple's six-story townhouse in Cadogan Place, one of London's most desirable locations.
Officers had gone to the address after arresting her 49-year-old husband on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink or drugs. The precise date of her death has not been established.
Rausing, bearded and wearing glasses, was granted bail until a court appearance later this month on condition he remained at the Capio Nightingale Hospital, a private mental hospital.
Rausing's parents said in a statement after the hearing that their daughter-in-law's death and the details of subsequent events were a reminder of "the distorted reality of drug addiction."
They said they hoped their son would find the strength to "begin the long and hard journey of detoxification and rehabilitation."
The couple, who have four children, first met at a US drug rehabilitation center in the early 1990s and gave generously to addiction treatment charities.
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