Wretched Indictment of Modern Britain?

HAYSIE

Body of woman, 61, is found in London flat after neighbours complained of a 'foul smell' for more than TWO YEARS



The skeletal remains of the 61-year-old woman were found in a flat in Peckham on Friday, which neighbour say had a letterbox overflowing with post.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10533103/Body-woman-61-London-flat-neighbours-complained-foul-smell-TWO-YEARS.html

HAYSIE

Woman lay dead in her London flat for nearly THREE YEARS: Neighbours complained to council more than 50 times over 'rotting meat' smell, flies and maggots before police found the 61-year-old's skeleton on the sofa



The skeletal remains of Sheila Seleoane, 61, were found on the living room sofa of the one-bedroom flat in Peckham on Friday. Shocked officers also discovered bright pink birthday balloons close to her body after smashing down the door into the third-floor flat. Neighbours first complained of the 'horrific stench' to housing association Peabody in October 2019, with protestations continuing for more than two years before police finally forced entry last week. Residents have told how their concerns repeatedly fell on deaf ears before Covid restrictions left them feeling abandoned. Mother-of-four Ayesha Smith, a neighbour, said a smell of 'rotting chicken' had filled her flat for more than two years.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10535471/Woman-lay-dead-London-flat-nearly-THREE-YEARS-despite-neighbours-complaining.html

HAYSIE

How did a woman lie dead in her home for TWO AND A HALF YEARS without a single person noticing? The story of medical secretary, 61, with a smile for everyone is a wretched indictment of modern Britain



Sheila Seleoane was similarly detached from other residents of Lord's Court, Peckham, a modern building containing 20 flats owned by the Peabody Trust, the affordable housing charity. However, mother-of-three Lyesha Bent, who resides on the same corridor, says she wore gym clothes at weekends and, with her petite figure, looked younger than her 61 years. So everyone assumed her to have a busy career and social life. No one in the block can recall exactly when they last saw her striding purposefully to the bus stop or returning home with shopping. Some time in the late summer or early autumn of 2019, though, Miss Seleoane vanished. For reasons pathologists are trying to establish, we now know that she had died - presumably alone - in her flat. Astonishingly, she lay undiscovered for two-and-a-half years until, on February 18 this year, police broke in to find her skeletal remains on the living-room sofa.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10604117/How-did-woman-lie-dead-home-TWO-HALF-YEARS.html

rabdeniro

London can be an impersonal place at the best of times, people just walk about with they're heads down and don't want to see what's goin on around them.