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Alahna Kindred

'Extreme hoarder' who left skeletal 4-stone sister to die in abject squalor jailed

A man described in court as an "extreme hoarder" who left his sister to die leaving her to be found in squalor and weighing four stone has been jailed.

Julie Burdett, 61, was found dead after paramedics were called to the home in Leicester in January 2019 by her father Cecil Burdett, 91.

At the time of her death, she weighed four and a half stone with several large bedsores on her body which had become infected and exposed her bones.

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