死者个子高 南非殡仪馆锯腿下棺

时间：2014-06-13 01:55:47

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外国媒体报道，3年前，南非一名殡仪馆女老板在安葬一具男性尸体时遇到了难题，男性死者个子太高，无法塞进棺材里，于是吩咐员工将其腿锯掉。如今，这位女老板涉嫌毁损他人遗体被告上法庭。
 
A undertaker（承办人） who ordered staff to saw off the legs of a corpse1 because it was too tall to fit into a coffin2, has appeared in court charged with mutilation（毁损）.
 
Ronel Mostert, who ran a funeral parlour（殡仪馆） in Grahamstown, appeared in the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday after one of her employees blew the lid on a three-year-old secret.
 
Mostert allegedly ordered staff "to get an angle grinder and cut off the legs" because the 33-year-old "man was too tall to fit into the coffin", according to court documents.
 
The employee, Siphamandla Dyasi, claimed the incident had been haunting him and so he decided4 to come clean（全盘招供）.
 
"I still hear the sound of the angle grinder in my head. I could not take it anymore," he said in written testimony5. "For all these years I have had difficulties sleeping."
 
He alleged3 that Mostert had threatened them with dismissal if he told anyone about the incident. The remains6 of the man have been exhumed7 as part of the police investigation8. They showed burn marks where the legs had been sawn off.
 
Police told AFP more allegations of corpse mutilation at Mostert's Siyakubonga Funeral Services had surfaced since the case began last month.
 
The case has been postponed9 until 27 June for further investigation.

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1 corpse JYiz4     
n.尸体，死尸
参考例句：
  • What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
2 coffin XWRy7     
n.棺材，灵柩
参考例句：
  • When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
  • The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
3 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
4 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 testimony zpbwO     
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
6 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
7 exhumed 9d00013cea0c5916a17f400c6124ccf3     
v.挖出，发掘出( exhume的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon. 玛丽·居里的遗体被移出葬在先贤祠中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens, New York City. 他的遗体被从纽约市皇后区的墓地里挖了出来。 来自辞典例句
8 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
9 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

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