Man at centre of 'body-smuggling' attempt died of natural causes

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.

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.

Gitta Jarant and her daughter Anke Anusic were arrested at Liverpool John Lennon Airport last Saturday.

Staff became suspicious because 91-year-old Kurt Jarant, who was in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses, was not moving.

The two women told them he was asleep.

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