While everyone searched for Mathew Scott his friend knew the terrible truth - he was dead under a blanket in his flat
Police turned to entomological evidence to help solve the highly unusual case
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Man lived for weeks with dead friend's decaying body in his bedroom
Jamie Russell was slapped with a prison sentence after he failed to notify anyone that the corpse of his friend Matthew Scott, 42, was rotting away on a mattress in his bedroom in Swansea
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Man carried on with daily life while dead friend's body rotted in his bedroom
He kept quiet about it and wasn't found out until weeks later
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