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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Gordon Currie & Chiara Fiorillo

Boy, 13, found living alone in squalid conditions and surviving on bowls of cereal

A 13-year-old boy was found living alone for more than four months in squalid and freezing conditions.

The teenager did not have adequate access to food or heating during winter - and was sleeping on a filthy mattress. After he was rescued, it emerged that he was surviving on bowls of cereals.

It was then established that health care worker Michelle Williamson had been allowing the boy to live alone in the property.

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