An Italian man has said he kept his dead mother’s remains in a freezer to cover up her death and continue to collect her pension.
Sandro Mallus told police he put the body of Rosanna Pilloni, 78, in the family’s chest freezer after she passed away at home in the small town of Sarroch, near Cagliari in Sardinia, in January last year.
He made the admission after police began investigating concerns from neighbours that the woman hadn’t been seen for months.
According to local media, Mallus continued shopping as if he was buying for two people, maintaining the pretence his mother was alive.
![The house where Sandro Mallus lived with his mother.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MKPVI3DNJ5EVDIY7HGFQD7ITTE.jpg?auth=25092f0587bc7b63848403f5ff6ddae71925530857cc24feb5869540c777fb3c&width=16&height=16&quality=70&smart=true)