A MAN has been charged with having sex with a corpse in a funeral home.

Khurum Shazada allegedly broke into a Co-op undertakers and violated a dead body in a coffin.

Shazada, 23, has appeared before JPs charged with sexual penetration of a corpse and trespass. The bachelor was remanded in custody.

Jobless Shazada will appear before crown court to enter a plea tomorrow. The shocking incident is alleged to have taken place on November 11 at the funeral parlour in Great Barr, Birmingham.

It is believed relatives of the deceased have been informed of the alleged desecration.

It is also understood that cops have DNA linking Shazada, who lives in a hostel in nearby Aston, with the parlour.

A spokesman for West Midlands police said last night: “An unemployed Birmingham man has been charged with sexual penetration of a corpse and trespass following a break-in at a Co-op funeral parlour in Great Barr on Sunday 11 November.

“Khurum Shazada, 23, appeared at Birmingham magistrates’ court on Wednesday 21 November and was remanded into custody.”

No one was available to comment at the funeral home.