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- Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell, funeral directors, were found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court of neglecting bodies and preventing lawful burial.
- They kept 46 bodies in an unrefrigerated room for over a month at Gosport funeral home between 2022 and 2023.
- Prosecutors said the mortuary had water leaks and signs of decomposition on some bodies.
- They will be sentenced on February 19 as questions arise about UK funeral regulation.
