Trio to front court accused of interfering with a man’s corpse at a Browns Plains funeral home

Three people have been charged with misconduct with a corpse after allegedly removing a piece of flesh from a deceased man at a Brisbane funeral home. The suspects reportedly tricked the funeral home owner to gain private access to the body.
Why it matters
The case has drawn public attention due to the bizarre nature of the crime and the violation of funeral home security protocols.
A father’s body has been mutilated inside a Brisbane funeral home allegedly by his own family who are accused of removing a piece of flesh in a bizarre and grisly crime. The trio, two men and a woman, had arranged to see the deceased man’s body at a funeral home in Browns Plains, in Logan, about 1pm on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Grisly accusation after father’s body allegedly mutilated at funeral home Swanborough Funerals owner Esther Swanborough claims she was “tricked” into leaving the viewing room at her funeral home. “Please leave the chapel because we have cultural practices that we need to carry out,” she said. Police allege the trio removed a piece of flesh after arriving at the home armed with scissors, scalpels and blades. “I was shocked, horrified, angry,” Swanborough said. When they were confronted, the man’s son ran.
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