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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ryan Merrifield

Woman's home infested by maggots as she lived below dead neighbour for TWO years

A woman who unwittingly lived in a flat below her neighbour's dead body for more than TWO years has told how maggots infested her home.

Now residents in the Peckham, south London, housing block are debating taking legal action against housing association Peabody after the remains lay undiscovered for two-and-a-half years.

Chantel - which is not her real name - has told how larvae took over her flat after Sheila Seleoane, 58, died in August 2019 and was not found until February 2022.

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