Rausing pleads guilty to preventing wife's burial

[August 01, 2012]  LONDON (AP) -- Hans Kristian Rausing has pleaded guilty to preventing the proper burial of his wealthy wife, Eva, whose decomposing body lay in their luxury home for two months before it was discovered.

A spokeswoman for Britain's judiciary says that Rausing, whose father made billions selling his stake in the Tetra Pak drinks-carton empire, pleaded guilty at London's Isleworth Crown Court Wednesday. She spoke on condition of anonymity because of office policy.

Police discovered 48-year-old Eva Rausing's body in early July after her husband was stopped by police after driving erratically. It was found in a fly-filled room under a pile of clothing and garbage bags that had been taped together. A post-mortem examination established that she died on May 7.

[Associated Press; By RAPHAEL SATTER]

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