A pensioner lay dead in his home for six years before his skeletal remains were found - after his landlord obtained a court order to enter and check the gas supply.
The body of Robert Alton, who was 76, was discovered inside his flat in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on March 9 this year.
An inquest into his death concluded he 'likely' died in May, 2017, said his landlord Bolton at Home in a statement after a coroner recorded an open verdict.
