A neighbour has paid tribute to a 95-year-old woman whose corpse was left unburied at her Merseyside home for six months.
The body of Olive Maddock was left rotting in a bedroom by her daughter Hazel Maddock, who was claiming her benefits.
Hazel Maddock, 61, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to unlawful prevention of burial and benefit fraud. She was given an 11-month jail term.
Her daughter Jasmine Maddock, 35, received a suspended sentence after admitting leaving a corpse unburied.
Pauline King told the BBC's Gill Dummingan that Ms Maddock senior had been a "sweet old lady" who "wouldn't harm a fly".
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