A judge in Wisconsin in the US sentenced the leader of a religious sect to two years in prison for hiding an elderly follower’s rotting body on a toilet for weeks.
Alan Bushey kept Magdeline Alvina Middlesworth’s corpse on the toilet of another follower, Tammy Lewis. Ms Middlesworth moved to Necedah, Wisconsin, from Washington state in 2005 to join Bushey’s sect, the Order of the Divine Will.
Prosecutors said Bushey kept the body hidden so he could collect Ms Middlesworth’s pension cheques and annuities. Bushey’s lawyer, Thomas Steinman, argued Bushey thought God would bring Ms Middlesworth back to life.
