Detective posed as corpse to catch funeral parlour vandals

A private detective hid inside a body bag to catch the man who waged a three-year campaign of vandalism against a firm of funeral directors.

The bag was put in the back of a hearse, one of a number which had been repeatedly attacked over the years, and for days the detective lay in wait.



His perseverance paid off when he caught Richard Bullen stabbing the wheels of the vehicle.

Surveillance experts launched the £4,000 operation while investigating the hate campaign against the Co-operative Funeral Directors in Portsmouth.