Husband’s distress after dead wife’s wedding ring is stolen in UK hospital

Police said that the rings were on the woman’s hand when she was admitted to hospital and they were never removed during any treatment

An engagement ring and a wedding ring which were taken from the finger of a woman who had died in hospital (Essex Police/PA)

A grieving husband in the UK has been left “distressed” after an engagement ring and a wedding ring, worth a combined £13,500 (€15,682), were stolen from his dead wife’s hand in hospital.

Essex Police said that the woman was admitted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow after an accidental fall at her home on March 6.