Airport man dead for hours
A man found dead when two relatives allegedly tried to smuggle him on to a flight to Germany had died up to 12 hours earlier of natural causes.
Gitta Jarant and her daughter Anke Anusic were arrested at Liverpool John Lennon Airport last Saturday when it transpired Kurt Willi Jarant, 91, was dead.
Mr Jarant, known as Willi, was in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses when officials checked his pulse and found no life.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police yesterday confirmed the cause of death.
"The pathologist also concluded the death occurred up to 12 hours before he was pronounced dead," he added.