Dogwash

... he'd be spinning in his grave.

Muslim woman's body found in hospital morgue
covered with bacon

says the Indy. Not pleasant. And not remotely acceptable.

But two points.

1) Why is this in a national newspaper? In the general scale of newsworthiness, this offensive prank is Hillingdon Times material.

2) The police reaction

Detective Chief Inspector Tony Hester, of Hillingdon police, said: "This is a particularly grotesque act which has outraged the family as well as the whole community.

"Because of the nature of the incident a criminal investigation was immediately initiated and is still ongoing. DCC4 - Racial and Violent Crime Task Force - was involved in the initial investigation and officers from the Community Safety Unit are in constant liaison with them.

"We are also, of course, keeping the family and local community informed of developments.["]

Not just issuing a crime number and forgetting about it, then? And the "local community" is being kept informed. I wish I had a "local community" that had to be sucked up to and kept sweet in case we took offence at something and rioted or otherwise embarrassed the authorities.

And

The £5,000 reward has been offered by Scotland Yard and the hospital. The family is being represented by human rights solicitor Imran Khan.

"Scotland Yard", note. This incident has been referred to a specialist national unit, DCC4 - the Racial and Violent Crime Task Force.

I wonder if, as and when I end up on a slab in the morgue and some joker puts an apple between my teeth and sticks a steel spike up my jacksy — just as a bit of fun, like, innit — I wonder if the police will devote national resources to the case and offer a reward.