Two Arrested Over Photos Showing The Body Of Emiliano Sala In A Morgue

A man and a woman have been arrested over photos purportedly showing the body of Emiliano Sala in a morgue which were posted online. The woman, 48, and man, 62, allegedly obtained the pictures of the footballer’s remains. They were arrested in February, but it has come to light now after the image circulated on social media. It allegedly shows the Argentinian striker’s remains at the Holly Tree Lodge mortuary in Bournemouth after the star’s death in a plane crash.

Wiltshire Police said: ‘There is no evidence to suggest a break-in at the mortuary, and no evidence to suggest that any staff from the mortuary, or indeed any other council employees, are involved in any wrongdoing.’ The pair, both from Wiltshire, were arrested on suspicion of unauthorised access to computer material. The female suspect, from Corsham, was also arrested on suspicion of sending malicious communications and is on conditional bail.

The male suspect, from Calne, was released under investigation. Sala, 28, had just signed for Cardiff City when he disappeared with the pilot of the Piper Malibu private plane when it crashed in the English Channel north of Guernsey on January 21. His body was recovered on February 6 but pilot David Ibbotson, 59, of Crowle, Lincolnshire, has not been located.