Sudden deaths now ‘waved through without autopsy'

Funeral director sounds alarm on quiet Government policy shift

By Gary Chappell

A QUIET policy shift, implemented without public notice in September 2024, is dramatically changing how sudden unexpected deaths are handled in the UK — and the consequences are deeply troubling.

John Olooney, a funeral director with decades of experience, has been repeatedly called to residential addresses where individuals have died suddenly and unexpectedly — people in their 40s, with no known comorbidities — only to find these deaths are not being treated with the thoroughness they deserve.

“It’s outrageous to my mind,” Olooney says, describing a scene where a police officer arrives to find a dead body lying on a living room floor, then simply waves it through because ‘there is no evidence to suggest that the death is unnatural or suspicious’.

Olooney continues: “I have yet to meet a single police officer with X-ray vision and a doctorate in pathology who can determine a sudden death and a deceased laying on a living room floor is not in any way suspicious.”

• Can you spare £3.50 a month? Or maybe £30 a year? That will provide full access to News Uncut’s content – including the remainder of this report – and will help us grow stronger in our bid to bring you more information the mainstream media refuse to report. Thank you.