STEPHEN Jukes bought a house in Bulgaria with the intention of doing it up and then giving it to his sons as an investment.
He took a trip over to Bulgaria to work on the house in early 2009 and he says he left contact details with the home - both verbal and written - before he left.
In the event of an emergency he says he told staff to inform him or his nephew, Justin Jukes, who was living in the UK at the time, if anything untoward should happen to his mother.
Unbeknown to him his mother, Mary Dorothy Jukes, died in late February 2009. She was cremated on March 9 that year.
Neither Mr Jukes or his nephew received a call from the home to inform them of her death.
Landmere Nursing Home was being run by the now-defunct company Southern Cross at the time of her death.
He said it was only on his return to the UK that he rang the home to tell staff he would be visiting his mum that coming weekend that he was informed of her death.
Mr Jukes said he tried to pursue legal action against Southern Cross, but had to pull out because it was becoming too expensive.