- Joined
- Aug 29, 2022
- Messages
- 3,788
- Reaction score
- 17,091
This is so sad.
Robert Alton was found dead at Hemsworth Road, Bolton, on 9 March, Bolton At Home said.
The housing provider said the coroner concluded that he probably died in May 2017.
It said it was "completely unacceptable" and it "should have done" more to check on his welfare when it failed to contact him over the years.
No further details about how Mr Alton died have been released.
"It's completely unacceptable to us that something like this has happened, and we've taken action to reduce the risk of it happening again," Sharpe added. "The reason we didn't discover Robert's death for so long is because our previous procedure, while meeting legal requirements, wasn't strong enough to prevent something like this happening."
The association discovered the corpse of Robert Alton in his apartment. A coroner determined Alton would have died in 2017 at the age of 70, his death going unnoticed since he continued to pay rent through automatic rent payments funded by housing benefits.
BTW, Bolton is also associated with the sad Constance Martin and Mark Gordon drama earlier this year.
RIP Mr Alton.
A housing association has apologised after a tenant's body lay undiscovered at his home for almost six years.
Bolton man's body undiscovered for six years - landlord
Robert Alton's body was finally found after his landlord got a warrant to do a gas safety check.www.bbc.com
Robert Alton was found dead at Hemsworth Road, Bolton, on 9 March, Bolton At Home said.
The housing provider said the coroner concluded that he probably died in May 2017.
It said it was "completely unacceptable" and it "should have done" more to check on his welfare when it failed to contact him over the years.
No further details about how Mr Alton died have been released.
"Everyone at Bolton at Home has been deeply shocked by this, and we realize it will concern and upset people to learn his body remained undiscovered for such a long time," Noel Sharpe, chief executive of Bolton At Home, said in a statement.
Housing association discovers body of tenant six years after death
The association officials also reportedly discovered a 1½-foot pile of unopened mail, food that expired in 2017 and reading glasses on a TV guide for May 4, 2017.www.fox26houston.com
"It's completely unacceptable to us that something like this has happened, and we've taken action to reduce the risk of it happening again," Sharpe added. "The reason we didn't discover Robert's death for so long is because our previous procedure, while meeting legal requirements, wasn't strong enough to prevent something like this happening."
The association discovered the corpse of Robert Alton in his apartment. A coroner determined Alton would have died in 2017 at the age of 70, his death going unnoticed since he continued to pay rent through automatic rent payments funded by housing benefits.
BTW, Bolton is also associated with the sad Constance Martin and Mark Gordon drama earlier this year.
RIP Mr Alton.
