Real Life Horror Movie: Rausing Gets 10 Months

August 2, 2012 in Current Affairs, Entertainment, Film & TV, Health, Mental Health, News, People

In a story straight from Hollywood, multi-millionaire Hans Kristian Rausing, heir to the Tetra-Pak fortune, has received a 10 month suspended sentence after pretending his wife was still alive for more than two months after her passing. Sydney Morning Herald reports: For more than two months, Hans Kristian Rausing went about his business while the corpse of his wife Eva decomposed in their luxury home in central London. When friends or family asked about Eva, the billionaire’s son would give vague replies, never suggesting anything was awry. But the macabre pretence was dropped on July 9 when London police stopped [...]