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Who bears the right to bury a loved one when kin fight over the body?

The late UK tycoon Roy Veevers's body has remained in the morgue for 11 years following an inquest into his death. [File, Standard]

The Mombasa Law Courts last week declined to decide the final resting place for UK tycoon Roy Veevers whose kin is fighting to have him buried in the UK or Mombasa.

Roy did not leave behind a will dictating his final resting place.

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