man jailed for body parts scam
19 June 2008
New York - A man convicted of secretly cutting up corpses, including that of British journalist Alistair Cooke, as part of a multimillion-dollar body parts scheme has been sentenced to a term of nine to 27 years in prison.
One of the corpses plundered in the scheme was that of Cooke, the Masterpiece Theatre host.
Prosecutors say bone and tissue were taken from many corpses without family permission and sold for use in transplants and other medical procedures.
Christopher Aldorasi was sentenced on Wednesday in a New York City courtroom. He was found guilty in March of enterprise corruption and other criminal counts and could have faced up to 60 years in prison. The scheme's ringleader pleaded guilty earlier this year.