No jail for pair who tried to transport dead man on plane

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

Gitta Jarant and her daughter, Anke Anusic, were arrested at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport when it emerged 91-year-old Curt Willi Jarant was dead.

The women - his widow and stepdaughter - protested their innocence and said they thought he was asleep.

He had been taken by taxi to the airport from their home in Greater Manchester for a flight to Berlin.

Although the pair insisted he was alive, a pathologist called out to examine the body concluded he had been dead for up to 36 hours.