Published February 17, 2021
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In the most horrifying workplace mistake imaginable, a Sydney funeral home has apologised for mixing up two dead bodies and causing one family to bury the wrong loved one.
And to make matters worse, the mistake was only noticed when one of the dead man’s daughters asked for a final look at her father – only to discover he was a complete and total stranger.
A funeral director has choked back tears while apologising for the trauma he caused two families by placing the wrong bodies in two coffins. Screams echoed through St Euphemia Greek Orthodox Church in Bankstown after one of the families opened the casket to find the wrong person. Euro Funeral Services director Spiro Haralambous. Their relative had already been buried by another family at Rookwood Cemetery during a different service at Belmore. Euro Funeral Services Principal Spiro Haralambous said it was a complete accident. If I could turn back time, naturally I would. I m extremely apologetic for what has been inflicted on them (the families), he told 2GB s Ben Fordham.
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