Police probe into pre-paid funeral scam

Police have launched an investigation into an allegation of funeral plan fraud.

Detectives were contacted in late November 2014 by undertakers after a grieving family approached them regarding concerns after they had tried to organise the pre-paid funeral of an 83-year-old Four Oaks man.

It is alleged that his plan had been purchased in 2005 from the former owners of the Fox Hollies Road business known as Samuel James and Sons.