Spinster, 83, 'hid her mother's body in a freezer for 30 years' - Update

An 83-year-old woman who kept her mum’s body in a freezer has told neighbours she is hugely relieved her secret is out in the open. Frail Daulat Irani, known as Dot, spoke to friends as police revealed her mother, Gulbai Freedoon Murzan, may have been in the chest freezer for almost 30 years.

Dot told how the body in the garage preyed on her mind for decades but she waited until her sister Parvis and brother-in-law Arthur died before she confessed.

One neighbour said: “Dot lived with her sister and brother-in-law until a few years ago. She confided in another neighbour who told the police and then the police came round and found the body.



“I said to Dot, ‘It must be a great relief knowing it’s all out in the open’. She said, ‘Yes it is.’ “She told me, ‘I waited until my sister and brother-in-law had gone. I thought it was the right time. I had to protect my family’.”

Parvis, a gynaecologist, died last year, two years after her engineer husband. It is not known if the couple were the ones responsible for hiding the body. A police source said it was possible that Mrs Murzan, born in December 1901, was put in freezer as early as 1980.

A post-mortem had to be delayed until tomorrow because the body had not fully defrosted.