Body-snatch mastermind pleads guilty

The head of a body-snatching ring responsible for stealing the bones of veteran British broadcaster Alistair Cooke pleaded guilty today after a deal with US prosecutors.

Medical supplies boss Michael Mastromarino netted millions of dollars for his role in the hacking up of hundreds of corpses before forging donor consent forms and selling the parts on for transplant.

Lawyers believe around 40 unsuspecting British patients received the stolen bone graft material and the 44-year-old former dentist pleaded guilty at Brooklyn Supreme Court today.