A British woman was robbed after her death in one of the hospitals she was admitted to on March 6, after she fell in her home, according to the newspaper “Daily Mail”.
The newspaper said that the woman’s husband left “heartbroken” after he stole his wife’s engagement ring and her wedding ring, which together are worth 13,500 pounds (about 20 thousand US dollars) from her body in hospital.
Dead woman's engagement and wedding rings worth £13,500 are stolen from her hand in hospital https://t.co/LYsvtU5xMv
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) May 17, 2021
Essex police said that the woman was in her eighties and was admitted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow after she accidentally fell into her home and died three days later, noting that the husband had come to collect her personal items and noticed that the rings were missing.
The police confirmed that the rings were in the woman’s hand when she was admitted to the hospital, and they were not removed during any treatment, calling on anyone who has information to contact her.
Source: “Daily Mail”