Family describe ‘living nightmare’ of being sent wrong body after son died in Cambodia

A family have spoken of their ordeal after they were sent the body of a 77-year-old man instead of their dead son.

British teacher Kevin Nightingale, 39, died of a heart attack in Cambodia on 1 May.

The family borrowed £7,000 to repatriate his body but were mistakenly sent the body of the older man.

The family say Kevin’s body was returned a week after the mistake in a badly decomposed state as it had not been embalmed.

The body of the 77-year-old Cambodian man was cremated in the UK and had his ashes sent back to Cambodia.

Full story: https://news.sky.com/story/grieving-familys-horror-as-wrong-body-returned-to-uk-following-sons-death-in-cambodia-13197413

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