Family wins lawsuit against NHS trust over woman's decomposed body

Emily Whelan was feared to have been killed but investigation was hampered by state of corpse The family of a woman whom they suspect was killed has won a lawsuit against a health trust that allowed her body to decompose to the point that experts were unable to rule out third-party involvement in the death in a first-of-its kind ruling. In a judgment handed down on Friday, Judge Andrew Saffman concluded that Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust had breached human rights laws by failing to preserve...