British police have confirmed that two women, arrested after trying to take a dead relative onto a plane, will not face any charges.

Police say 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.

IN WHAT bore an eerie resemblance to the storyline of a 1980s movie, two women were arrested in Liverpool this weekend after trying to check in at an airport with the body of a dead 91-year-old man propped up in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses.

Two women arrested on suspicion of allegedly trying to smuggle a dead relative on to a flight to Germany insisted tonight they were innocent.