Husband and wife furious after they were contacted and told the other was DEAD
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA husband and wife were left baffled when both were contacted - and told the other had been declared DEAD. Ben Gibson, 63, says he was stunned to be told his wife Gill, 65, was dead when he called her bank about a card problem.
And Ben then returned home later that month to find Gill looking at letters of condolence - for his own death. Halifax, the couple's bank, has launched a probe and as yet are unable to say how the error occurred.
But caterer Ben, from Stratford-upon-Avon, says he is angry as he has had to waste time sorting out the problem. He said: "The guy on the phone said, 'Excuse me sir but your wife has deceased'.
I said, 'No she’s in the front room - do you want to speak to her?'. Read more : Bonfire Night is CANCELLED across Manchester parks as council blames "escalating costs" "I'm furious about it.
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