Witness turn at the Valladolid trial on coffin fraud

In the trial that Valladolid is conducting for resale after the use of coffins, it is now the turn of witnesses, 23 people being prosecuted for fraud with the coffin between 1995 and 2015.

According to the provisional findings of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Funeraria Castellana and the head of Parque El Salvador prepared a plan for the maximum economic benefit at the expense of users.

The plan depended directly on the crematorium services in Cementerio-Jardine, and the first step was toremove the coffins from the dead , that is, just as they were about to be incinerated.

The second step was to take these previously used coffins to the mortuary and sell them again there.

The relativesof the dead were not aware of this practice, nor were they allowed to see the moment when the coffin was put into the crematorium.

The relatives and relatives of the new dead were not even told that the coffins had been used before.

The prosecutor believes the plan required the assistance of a number of employees, all of whom have been prosecuted.

Not only with the coffins, but also with the flowers that did the same thing. Tumulos that were inside and used on the way to the cemetery began to sell again.

Thus, in cases where the families did not decide to take them away, the workers involved in the incineration process would collect the flowers and return them to the mortuary, where they would sell them again.

The charges against the defendants are based on the following offences: criminal group membership, criminal group membership, misappropriation, fraud, crime against respect for the deceased, money-laundering and forgery of commercial documents.

The Public Prosecutor's Office requests 20 years' imprisonment for the highest sentences and two years' imprisonment for the slightest cases.