The US dentist who masterminded thefts from hundreds of human corpses from funeral homes will serve between 18 and 54 years in jail, a judge has ruled.
Michael Mastromarino's ring stole parts from more than 1,000 bodies, including that of BBC presenter Alistair Cooke.
The group then sold the parts to doctors who transplanted them into patients in a scam worth $4.6m (£2.3m).
Mastromarino, 44, had pleaded guilty to body stealing, reckless endangerment and enterprise corruption in March.
The organs, extracted from bodies which had not been medically screened, were stolen from funeral homes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania between 2001 and 2005.
They were sold around the country for 10,000 surgical procedures including knee and hip replacements, as well as dental implants. (BBC)