The Scottish woman who buried her husband's corpse on their farm in Linhares da Beira, Guarda district, has been fined by the local court.Edinburgh-born pianist Louise Khan, aged 52, was convicted of desecrating a corpse on December 8, 2016, and has been fined €790.
The court decided the Scot also should pay the court fees, but setting these at the minimum level and that she would go to prison for 65 days if she did not pay up.
The defendant's lawyer, Andreia Fonseca, said she would appeal the sentence.
The woman was arrested by the Judicial Police on February 9th, 2017 and on was told by the court that she must go to the local police station at regular intervals but otherwise could live at home.
The police said the corpse, "believed to be a 59-year-old Scotsman, was found and exhumed" and the woman arrested at a farm near Linhares da Beira. The police searched for three days, using ground penetrating radar, before finding Alyn Pennycook’s body.
The exhumation was carried out by police officers, GNR personnel and technicians from the forensic service.
A friend said Louise Khan had buried former truck driver, Alyn Pennycock, 59, as it was his wish. He is believed to have died of a brain tumour at the end of September 2016.
The couple moved to Portugal from the Fife area in 2014. Mr Pennycook was working in the UK when he became ill and was diagnosed with a brain tumour and decided to return to Portugal to die, instructing his wife to bury him on their land.
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I understand this lady wanting to appeal the law, but unless the courts see fit to ignore the law under exceptional circumstances. she will not win her case. I am sure there is enough readers and expats out here to help her out with her costs. I am in the Haulage Industry and would be more than happy to contribute.
That is of course should she want the help..
What they should do, is allow for it, like its done in Africa, where all you need is a gov permit to bury your loved ones in your own land (at a very low fee). That's what we did when my dad died in Namibia.
The poor women ,If memory serves me right she didn't have the funds , and it was her husbands wishes.