Drink driver fakes death and stages bogus funeral in bid to trick cops and keep licence
A man faked his own suicide and even staged a funeral in a bid to escape a drink driving charge which would have seen him lose his licence
The family of the bloke went as far as to bury an empty coffin to help with the rouse(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
A bloke caught drink-driving faked his own suicide and then staged a bogus funeral in a bizarre bid to hang on to his licence.
The man – named Si in a police report detailing the case – even used a fridge to cool his body to fool coroners after being caught driving under the influence in China’s Henan province.
As well as losing his driver’s licence, Si reportedly faced six months behind bars and a hefty fine for drink-driving, leading him to take drastic measures to con officials.
Reports claim Si set about scattering his house with empty medicine bottles to make it look like a suicide attempt.
The bloke even staged a fake funeral as part of the rouse(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
With the help of his mum and sister, he then posed for photos in a coffin he had bought online and stood inside a refrigerator in order to look more like a corpse.
Si’s relatives then staged a fake ‘funeral’ and buried the empty coffin, while he fled town with a plan to move across the country in order to start a new life.
However investigators became suspicious about the fact the coffin had seemingly been purchased some time in advance of the death, and that no attempts had been made by family members to seek emergency medical treatment at the time.
The man faced losing his license and potentially spending time behind bars(Image: Getty)
Upon hearing that the death had not been verified, a probe was launched. After watching hours of CCTV and checking bank records, cops realised the whole thing was bogus.
In April this year, Si was tracked down and arrested after months on the run. He was sentenced to five months behind bars in May and fined 20,000 yuan (£2500), the South China Morning Post reported..
According to Chinese media outlet JSJC, the prosecutor said: “From repeatedly drink-driving to creating the illusion of his own death, Si believed that covering himself with a sheet and lying in a coffin would allow him to escape legal responsibility.
The man was arrested after months on the run
“What he failed to realise was that using a fake death to obstruct justice is not only futile, but can also lead to even more serious criminal consequences.”
