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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Vulnerable woman who lay dead in flat for three years was ‘left to fend for herself by social services’

Laura Winham, 38, was found in a ‘mummified and skeletal state’ by her brother at her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021 (Hudgell Solicitors/PA) - (PA Media)

A vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for three years was "left to fend for herself" by social services despite police warnings, her family have said.

Laura Winham, 38, who was mentally unwell and had been provisionally diagnosed with delusional disorder, died after her disability benefits were cut off and she stopped buying food.

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