Housing association apologises after woman lay DEAD in flat for over TWO YEARS

The boss of a housing association has apologised after a woman lay dead in her flat for over TWO YEARS without anyone noticing.

THE HOUSING ASSOCIATION APOLOGISED SAYING THEY DID NOT ASK IF SHEILA WAS OK

The remains of Sheila Seleoane, 58, were found two and a half years after she was last seen alive in August 2019.

According to a report by the Daily Mail UK, neighbours had first complained of a ‘horrific stench’ coming from Sheila’s flat to housing association Peabody in October 2019.

The report furthermore stated that protestations continued for more than two years, with one resident claiming to have contacted the housing association at least 50 times. Police finally forced entry in February this year.

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RESIDENT CLAIMS TO HAVE CONTACTED THE HOUSING ASSOCIATION NUMEROUS TIMES

Despite this, an inquest into Sheila’s death found that Peabody only made one ‘proactive’ attempt to contact their tenant before cutting off her gas, the BBC reports.

“We weren’t asking the fundamental question: is Sheila OK? “We’ve apologised to the family. We’re deeply sorry for what happened.”

Peabody’s chief executive Ian McDermott said.

The report furthermore published a detailed timeline released by Harriet Harman’s office, the Labour MP for Camberwell and Peckham, revealing messages between tenants where they question ‘Is she dead?’ as early as June 2020.

SHEILA WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE IN AUGUST 2019

Sheila had not been seen since August 14, 2019, when she spoke to her GP to organise an appointment for the following day, which she failed to attend.

Her bank records show that her last ‘active’ transaction was that month after she paid her rent to the Peabody Trust via debit card.

In a new detail, the woman living below her flat reported to the neighbourhood manager that maggots and flies were entering her flat from Sheila’s windows as early as September 2019.

She was told by Peabody however that their pest control ‘don’t deal with maggots’.

Meanwhile, a coroner at Southwark Coroner’s Court was set to start an inquest into Sheila’s death earlier this week.

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