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Woman wheeled dead uncle into bank to sign for loan

Police in Brazil arrested the suspect after she held up the man’s head and pushed a pen into his limp hand in an effort to borrow the equivalent of £3,000
Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes at the bank on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro
Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes at the bank on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro
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A woman in Brazil has been arrested after wheeling the corpse of what was believed to have been her dead uncle into a bank to get him to sign for a loan.

Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes was captured on video standing next to the body, which was propped up in a chair, holding up his drooping head.

She repeatedly addressed the man as “Uncle” and asked him to sign financial documents that would allow her to take out a loan for the equivalent of about £3,000.

“Sign here and stop giving me a headache,” she said in the recording, which was broadcast by Brazil’s Globo television network. “You need to sign,” she said, sounding exasperated. “I can’t sign for you,” she added, while pushing