A burglar has admitted having sex with a body after lifting the lids of “multiple coffins” at a funeral home.<\/p>\n
Kasim Khuram, 23, broke into the Co-Operative undertakers in Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, on 11 November.<\/p>\n
A judge at Birmingham Crown Court warned Khuram, who pleaded guilty to sexual penetration of a body, that he faced a “substantial” jail term.<\/p>\n
Sentencing has been adjourned until 31 January while a psychiatric report is carried out.<\/p>\n
Khuram, of Kenilworth Road, Aston, Birmingham, also admitted burglary.<\/p>\n
He forced open the door of the home at about 03:00 GMT, a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said.<\/p>\n
He added: “While inside the funeral home the defendant lifted the lids of multiple coffins and sexually penetrated one of the corpses.”<\/p>\n
Officers alerted by the parlour’s alarm turned up to find him still at the scene, and he was briefly sectioned following his arrest, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Sentencing was adjourned to allow Khuram’s defence team to present a medical report to the court.<\/p>\n
Judge Francis Laird QC told him: “But you must be under no illusion that you will receive a sentence of imprisonment for your offending in this case – a substantial sentence of imprisonment.”<\/p>\n
Baljinder Kaur, from the CPS, said: “This is an unusual case and it is difficult to imagine a more distressing violation of a loved one.<\/p>\n
“On the strength of the case built by the police and CPS, the defendant ultimately pleaded guilty and will now have to face the consequences.<\/p>\n
“Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased.”<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Central England Co-operative said: “Our primary concern is for the families we serve and the welfare of our funeral colleagues who have all been deeply affected by this incredibly disturbing and unprecedented event.<\/p>\n
“The security measures at Great Barr are such that the alarm alerted the police, who were thankfully able to apprehend the suspect at the scene.”<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"