Hollyoaks extra faces jail for leaving mother unburied for six months

A mother and daughter who admitted leaving the body of an elderly woman unburied for up to six months while one of them cashed her pension have been told they face jail. The body of Olive Maddock, 95, was left in the bedroom of her home in Merseyside by her daughter, Olive Hazel Maddock, 61, and granddaughter Jasmine, 35. Olive Hazel Maddock, a television extra known as Hazel, who has worked on Brookside and Hollyoaks, admitted unlawful prevention of burial when she appeared at Liverpool crown court today. She also pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining one payment of her dead mother's state pension of £176.92 and a single payment of pension credit of £34.44. Jasmine, an artist, pleaded guilty to leaving the corpse of her grandmother unburied. In August 2010, police found Olive Maddock's remains in the house the three women shared in Wallasey after a neighbour raised concerns about her welfare. Her body was found slumped behind her bedroom door. Forensic examination did not provide an exact cause or date of death but it is thought she died of natural causes between two and six months before police found her. Both women, who no longer live together or at the Wallasey residence they shared with the deceased, were granted bail on condition of residence to addresses shown to the court. Judge Gerald Clifton said his decision to grant bail bail should not be interpreted as a signal their sentences would be non-custodial. Speaking to Jasmine Maddock, he warned: "You must expect the possibility of a custodial sentence." The pair will be sentenced on 1 July.