British teacher Kevin Nightingale, 39, died of a heart attack in Cambodia. But to his parents' horror, the body authorities sent back to the UK was not their son's.
A father who scrambled to raise nearly £7,000 to get his son's body returned to the UK after he died in Cambodia has described the shock at finding he and his family had mistakenly been sent the body of a 77-year-old man. Stephen Nightingale, from Nottingham, said his son Kevin, died of a heart attack on 1 May. But it wasn't until days later that the 39-year-old was found in his flat by a colleague.
Kevin's body was returned a week after the mistake was reported, Mr Nightingale said. But he then got another 'distressing call' by Ms Thompson as she sought to identify her son for the second time. 'It is Kevin, but he is in such a state,' she cried. Kevin's parents claim he had gone so long without being embalmed that his body had badly decomposed. 'Sean just collapsed on the floor.
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