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Peckham flat death: Peabody sorry for not spotting dead woman [View all]
Peckham flat death: Peabody sorry for not spotting dead woman
By Harry Low
BBC News
Published 1 day ago
A housing group that did not realise one of its residents had been dead for two and a half years has apologised.
Sheila Seleoane, 58, was found in her Peckham flat in February and had to be identified by dental records.
Residents repeatedly told Peabody of a foul stench and maggots in summer 2019. It only made one "proactive attempt" to contact the tenant and cut off her gas.
"We weren't asking the fundamental question: is Sheila OK?" Peabody's chief executive Ian McDermott admitted.
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By Harry Low
BBC News
Published 1 day ago
A housing group that did not realise one of its residents had been dead for two and a half years has apologised.
Sheila Seleoane, 58, was found in her Peckham flat in February and had to be identified by dental records.
Residents repeatedly told Peabody of a foul stench and maggots in summer 2019. It only made one "proactive attempt" to contact the tenant and cut off her gas.
"We weren't asking the fundamental question: is Sheila OK?" Peabody's chief executive Ian McDermott admitted.
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