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Arrests: Two women were questioned over an alleged attempt to smuggle a corpse through Liverpool John Lennon Airport (file picture
Posted on 04/06/2010 10:27:50 AM PDT by Stoat
In a scene reminiscent of the film 'Weekend at Bernie's', the corpse was pushed in on a wheelchair - complete with sunglasses - to try to fool staff at the check in desk at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, it is claimed.
The man's body had been driven to the airport in a taxi after the women told the driver he was asleep.
The women, aged 41 and 66, were travelling with two young children and arrived by taxi for the easyJet flight to Berlin at around 11am on Saturday.
Astoundingly, the party had pre-booked assistance for their 'disabled' relative, and airport worker Andrew Millea was waiting for their taxi with a wheelchair.
Shocked Mr Millea, 46, said: 'The party had booked extra assistance in advance, so I was already waiting outside with a wheelchair when they arrived.
'When the family pulled-up in a minibus-style taxi, the older lady told me assistance was needed for her elderly father, who was sat in the front seat of the cab.
'She told me that he was elderly and frail, and also very tired, so I would have to lift him out of the taxi and into the wheelchair.
'I immediately felt unsure about the situation, but I did my best to help by carefully lifting the man from his seat. To my horror his face fell sideways against mine, it was ice cold.
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Arrests: Two women were questioned over an alleged attempt to smuggle a corpse through Liverpool John Lennon Airport (file picture
The Brits named an airport after John Lennon?
Things are worse than I thought.
It’s only legal to smuggle drugs thru John Lennon airport, not bodies. Duh.
Plane ticket cheaper than a funeral?
The man isn’t dead until the death panel declares him to be dead.
Weekend at Bernice’s?
Since it was John Lennon Airport, they told customs
“Imagine he’s alive....”
Maybe he died on Holiday and they figured why let his return ticket go to waste.
Of course, they could have also “discovered” that he died on the trip and then the airline would have had PR pressure to help them in their grief.
LOL Gotta give them credit for trying.
He’s pinin’ for the fjords.
How on earth could it cost that much?
How could it cost that much?
The Government says it will cost that much.
“Bring out your dead!”
“I’m not dead yet!”
“Yes you are!”
probably a VAT tax on that, too...
Imagine sitting next to that? I’ve sat next to people who smelled, but no one who was actually rotting.
The women, aged 41 and 66, were travelling with two young children and arrived by taxi for the easyJet flight to Berlin at around 11am on Saturday.
Ummmm..., if they "really wanted to do that" -- and -- if they were smarter, they would have simply driven to Berlin... and saved a bundle of money that way ... LOL ...
Or send him "Fed-Ex" ... next day air ... :-)
How much are you expected to tip for this kind of help?
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