Couple buried father in pagan-style woodland ceremony

Couple buried father in pagan-style woodland ceremony

 

A daughter carried out her father's last wishes by burying him illegally in woodland in a pagan-style ritual, a court has heard.

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Eirys Brett, 31, and her partner Mark Watson, 46, buried Donald Brett, in a secret ceremony in 2019.

The couple were carrying out Mr Brett's wishes, but broke the law by failing to legally register his death.

The pair, of St Harmon, near Rhayader, Powys, were handed four month suspended sentences Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

The court heard how the couple had buried Mr Brett out of a "sense of love and loyalty".

Prosecutor Tom Scapens said Mr Brett, from Aberedw, near Builth Wells, was last seen alive in June 2019 but his body was not discovered for some time.

He was thought to have been 78 or 79.

Brett and Watson were arrested and told officers he had died of natural causes and where he had been buried.

The court heard that when he was exhumed, Mr Brett's body was wrapped in a hessian cotton blanket with twine wrapped in a "medieval burial" pattern.

A number of items had been buried with the body including artistic supplies, poems and flowers.

Mr Scapens said his cause of death was identified as a lung condition but added Mr Brett also had prostate cancer.

"Donald Brett was revealed to be a non-conformist person in his approach to life. He lived in a unique way," he said.

"He would not seek medical attention or advice unless it was completely unavoidable and if he had to seek treatment, he would only allow the minimal intervention. This is confirmed by medical notes and statements throughout the investigation."

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