Grieving daughter spends EIGHT MONTHS sleeping beside the body of her dead mother because she couldn't afford the funeral

Body found after bailiffs went to flat, in Munich, Germany, to recover debts

Unemployed daughter didn't know state would have paid for funeral anyway

Daughter, 39, has been sectioned at psychiatric facility at her own request



Police investigating if daughter had been fraudulently claiming pension



A grieving daughter spent eight months sleeping next to the body of her dead mother in their one-bedroom flat because she could not afford to bury her, it emerged today.

The grim living arrangement only came to light after bailiffs were sent to the property , in Munich, Germany, to recover debts left by the 70-year-old pensioner to find her decomposing corpse on a sofa bed in the flat's only bedroom.

Most tragically however, her daughter, who had been living on unemployment benefits, was apparently unaware that she would not have been expected to stump up for the funeral in any case, police said.



Needless: Tragically, the daughter, 39, from Munich, was apparently unaware that Germans unable to afford a relative's funeral can apply for a 3,200 euro state grant to cover the cost

In Germany, those unable to pay for a relative's funeral can apply for €3,200 from the state to cover the cost.

The 39-year-old daughter has been sectioned at a psychiatric facility at her own request, police said.

Detectives are now investigating whether she had been fraudulently claiming her mother's pension while secretly harbouring the cadaver at home.



Grim discovery: The grim find only came after bailiffs were sent to the property, in the Moosach district of Munich, Germany, to recover debts left by the 70-year-old pensioner to find her decomposing corpse on a sofa bed in the flat's only bedroom

The pensioner died last July saddling her daughter with large debts. Apparently unable to cope with either the death of her mother or the subsequent burden of debt, she kept it secret from the world.

But as the arrears mounted, a bailiff from the district court was dispatched the one-bedroom flat, in the city's Moosach district, on Thursday to search for objects of value to settle the bill.

When the woman told them her mother was in fact dead they called the police who forced their way into the apartment and found the body.

While it is still unclear if the woman had been claiming her mother's pension handouts, investigators said they did not believe that was the reason for her failure to report the death.





