Grieving mother of Britain's heaviest man worried he will not be able to be cremated because of his 50-stone frame

The grieving mother of Britain's heaviest man has revealed she is worried her son will not be able to be cremated because of his 50-stone frame.

Jason Holton, 33, from Camberley, Surrey, died from organ failure last Saturday, just days before celebrating his 34th birthday.

Now, his distraught mother, Leisa, is struggling to find somewhere capable of cremating his body, as 'there are concerns he might be too wide for the chamber,' she told The Sun.

The 55-year-old also claimed a burial would cost too much money as her son's large body would require a double plot instead of a single. 

Leisa has reached out to several funeral homes and revealed it is not Jason's weight that is a concern - but the fact that he might be too wide to fit into a hearse.

'One funeral firm says they will provide a larger, rectangular coffin for him and think they have figured out how they will transport him,' she told the newspaper.

The mother had stayed by Jason's side at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, where he was transferred by special ambulance by six firefighters.

Jason took the title as the UK's heaviest man after Carl Thompson, who was 65-stone, died in 2015.

He began overeating as a teenager, and attributed bullying at school and mental health problems as the root cause of his weight gain.

He added that the death of his father when he was just three years old also had a profound impact.

He told TalkTV: 'Maybe if I had my father around, maybe there would be rules set to what I'm eating and stuff to stop me putting things and stuff in my mouth.

'Just eating constantly. Lamb doner meat, I had a problem with energy drinks. I just decided to get 15 of the Monster cans and drink them all in one go.'

Leisa said he was put on kidney dialysis and an IV drip but that his organs continued to fail.

Doctors then told him he would pass away within a week, she said, and he passed away on Saturday.

The coroner's report stated that he died from organ failure and obesity.

Jason lived in a custom-built bungalow fitted with specially reinforced furniture.

He had hoped to be prescribed slimming jab Wegovy, without which he feared he would die by 2025, describing his situation as a 'timebomb'.

At his peak, he weighed more than 50-stone and dubbed himself 'Britain's fattest man', after he was deemed too heavy for a gastric band. 

In 2020, he collapsed and had to be airlifted by crane from his mother's third floor flat by a team of more than 30 firemen and engineers.

He described the incident as 'the most devastating time of my life. The terrifying part of it all was the amount of people outside.'

His health problems meant he was unable to work, leaving him on benefits. It is estimated his healthcare cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds.

He insisted he cut down and had been eating healthier, but that it had made little difference.

He said: 'I've been making changes which I seriously have for the audience by the way I have been, my diet now it's not consistent of loads of junk and I'm not changing.'

In 2022, he suffered a series of mini strokes and a suspected blood clot and was unable to walk - leaving him confined to his bed at home in a Hampshire village.

Leisa said Jason became seriously unwell in February, adding: 'Right until the end Jason was most worried about me and whether I would be OK. He was a brilliant person, very kind and considerate.'