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BBC–Lichfield diocese burial rule change after grave mix-up

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Kendall Harmon

Burial rules in a West Midlands diocese have been changed after a mix-up with grave plots which led to a court ordering an exhumation.

Daniel Hastelow, 26, was murdered in Majorca and buried in 2009 in St John’s churchyard, Walsall Wood, in a plot reserved for a widow, Jean Best.

Mrs Best requested an exhumation so that she could be buried beside her late husband Michael.

The church upheld her request and said it would mark reserved plots in future.

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One comment on “BBC–Lichfield diocese burial rule change after grave mix-up”

  1. phil swain says:
    April 7, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    There’s something absolutely beautiful about caring so much about dead bodies- it goes so much against the current way of things.