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