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In the UK, the legal right to a person's body sits with someone close to them,

their personal representative, and their main responsibility is to make sure that the body

is laid to rest with dignity and respect.

If the person left a will, that authority rests with the executors.

If there isn't a will, it the law follows a strict

order, starting with a surviving spouse, then adult children, and then parents. But if a death

needs to be formally investigated, the coroner temporarily takes control, overriding those rights until their work is done.

In most cases, families reach decisions together, but legally it's the executors who have the final say

if there's a dispute. But what if the executor or next of kin

were suspected of being responsible

for the death of the person

they're allowed to lay to rest?

Today's case highlights a very troubling and very real loophole

that could mean killers who are yet to be charged could end up deciding

what to do with the bodies of the person that they have murdered. I'm Naomi Channel and this

Israel. I'm Immersion to where it's up.

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