The Latest Breaking News from Sheila Seleoane

Pensioner’s body left undiscovered for six years

Retired bookkeeper Robert Alton is believed to have died in 2017 aged 70 but his passing went unnoticed by his landlord

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Awaab Ishak: Coalition era policies 'contributed towards social housing failures'

The two-year-old died in December 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould and damp in his Rochdale flat

Manchester Evening News · Apr 7, 2023

Schoolboy, 12, scared to sleep alone after woman's body lay in flat next door for over two years

Sheila Seleoane, 58, died in August 2019 but was not found until February 2022 when police finally knocked down her door after years of complaints from residents

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023

Peabody apologises after resident lay dead for over two years in Peckham flat

Coroner says situation is ‘difficult to fathom in 2022’

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

Housing firm sorry after woman lay dead in flat for over two years still paying rent

Worried neighbours repeatedly told Peabody that there was a foul smell and maggots at one of the flats in Peckham, South London, but the housing association only tried once to contact Sheila Seleoane and cut off her gas

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Friday headlines: Mum's concern as neighbours demand to take her two-year-old out on their own

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Daily Record · Jul 22, 2022

Woman lay dead in home for over two years as landlord cut off gas and kept taking rent

In a case that is ‘difficult to fathom in 2022’, the decomposing body of Sheila Seleoane was found by police in her flat more than two years after she died.

Daily Record · Jul 22, 2022

Woman lay dead in flat for over 2 years but landlord cut off gas and kept taking rent

In a case that is 'difficult to fathom in 2022', the skeletal remains of Sheila Seleoane were found by police in her flat more than two years after she died and an inquest heard her landlord kept taking rent and cut off her gas - but made no contact

Daily Mirror · Jul 21, 2022

Sheila Seleoane: hard to grasp how body was not found for years, says coroner

Medical secretary’s body lay in her London flat for over two years despite neighbours raising the alarm

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Woman lay dead at home for two-and-a-half years after housing trust ‘inaction’ and police blunder

Peabody Trust is accused of failing to investigate a dreadful smell coming from Sheila Seleoane’s flat, after she stopped paying rent and went missing

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022