ยุติธรรม · Funeral-home chargesBrowns plains funeral charges: Three accused remanded in custodyเขียน 8 พฤศจิกายน 2569 เวลา 14:57 UTCรับชมบทถอดเสียง0:07Three funeral.0:08Home visitors face charges of misconduct with a corpse.0:11All three are in custody after an alleged incident at Swanborough funerals in Browns0:15Plains, south of Brisbane.0:16A private family viewing became a police investigation.0:19Prosecutors still have to prove what each person did and intended.0:22Brian Christian Wong, Cassandra Hunter, and Changman Ku appeared in Brisbane0:26Magistrates' Court on November7.0:28Each faces three charges arising from the alleged interference with a dead man's0:32body.0:32The alleged conduct hasn't been proven in court.0:34The court remanded all three in custody and adjourned their cases.0:38None applied for bail.0:39They'll remain in custody, awaiting the next stage of proceedings, with prosecutors0:43still required to prove the allegations against each defendant.0:46Police describe the accused as two men aged forty, seven and thirty, eight, and a0:51forty-three-year-old woman.0:52All three face the same set of charges.0:54Each is charged with misconduct with a corpse and entering premises, intending to0:58commit an indictable offense, meaning a serious criminal offense.1:02The third charge is being armed with intent to enter premises and commit an1:05indictable offense.1:07Police allege the group carried scissors, scalpels, and blades into the funeral1:10home, intending to wound a dead body.1:12They say the two men and woman had arranged to view a man known to them, arriving1:16about one p.1:17m.1:17on November six.1:18Police allege one man interfered with the body and fled before officers arrived.1:22They arrested the other man and woman at the funeral home.1:24At about six three zero pm, police arrested another man at a Browns Plains1:29residence.1:29All three appeared in court the next day.1:31Funeral, homeowner Esther Swanborough said Wong had come to discuss funeral1:35arrangements for his father.1:36She said the two people accompanying him were relatives, and Wang expressed a deep1:39need to see his father.1:41Swanbrough said a mortician prepared the man's body before the visitors entered the1:44private viewing space.1:46They then asked her to leave for what they called cultural practices.1:49She described that as not an unusual request.1:52Swanborough said she returned and realized something very different was happening.1:56She said she saw that gloves were being put away.1:58Those observations prompted her to challenge the visitors and call police.2:02What have you done?2:03Was how Swanborough described confronting the visitors.2:06She said she began piecing things together and called police straight away.2:09Once police had been called, she focused on caring for the deceased.2:13Swanborough said the experience affected her emotionally because she cared deeply2:16about her work in the funeral industry.2:18Staff responsible for the man's care were left dealing with the aftermath of a2:21viewing that had become a criminal investigation.2:24Queensland increased the maximum penalty for improper or indecent interference with2:28a body from two years to five years in two thousand and seventeen.2:31The state's criminal code addresses that conduct under its provision on misconduct2:34with regard to corpses.2:36Further hearings were due the following week, with exact dates yet to be announced.2:40The prosecution still has to prove the alleged interference.2:43Each defendant's involvement and their intent.2:45At the November7 hearing, all three were remanded in custody.อ่านบทความลำดับเวลาของเรื่องHeyDex
