A DAD’S ‘mummified’ body was found next to a sofa after a neighbour spotted a bird trapped in the house and a tree growing through the car. Concerned Pauline Blake, 76, had tried …
“In the end, I called the non-emergency number and the police said they would come to see if everything was okay."It was a while before they found Mr Noble because there was a lot of clutter in his house.“I never spoke to him and only ever saw him three times in all. He just didn’t come out of his house - that was his choice.She said his sons had recently tidied up the yard and taken away a lot of rubbish from inside the house.
A paramedic estimated that Mr Noble may have been dead for more than a year when he was found due to the "mummified" state of his body.An inquest heard that the front door of his home in Huddersfield was blocked by a large pole that formed a makeshift barricade.The officer said: "John was in a state of what I can only describe as mummification."I went through the house where there were several containers with urine in them. These were all downstairs around the house.
Roy said he had to talk to his brother through the letterbox. He said his brother had problems with local youths who had often damaged the windows which had then been boarded up.Roy said his brother had split up with his partner 30 years ago and had then become a recluse and isolated himself more."I had not seen him for 29 years. My father sadly pushed people away due to his drinking and also his mental health issues.
Mr Fleming said: "Very sadly in this case, after the split with his wife some 30 years ago John became something of a recluse, shunning family, friends and neighbours, along with any possible help from doctors and social services.
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