VIC: Undertaker charged with underhand behaviour

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2008
VIC: Undertaker charged with underhand behaviour

MELBOURNE, Aug 19 AAP - A Melbourne undertaker has been charged after allegedly stealing
from the homes of clients.

Police today charged a 36-year-old Hawthorn East man with theft and indecent behaviour,
alleging he stole items from people's homes while arriving to collect their deceased loved
ones.

He has been charged with five counts of theft, two counts of indecent behaviour and
two counts of wilful and obscene exposure.

The offences are alleged to have occurred in the past six years, during which the man
has worked at a funeral home.

A police spokeswoman said it would be alleged the man stole items from homes while
he was also collecting their deceased relatives for funeral preparations.

The spokeswoman said the indecent behaviour and wilful and obscene exposure offences
were alleged to have happened outside the man's work.

The man was arrested at his home this morning as part of an ongoing investigation.

He was bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on September 30.

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KEYWORD: UNDERTAKER

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