Storm Debi is set to bring 'very strong' winds to Greater Manchester today - with several weather warnings issued by the Met Office.
25.10.2023 - 23:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The body of a man lay undetected for 20 years, until a council worker found it while letting pest control into a house due to a rat infestation.
The corpse - which was decomposed to skeletal remains - was found at a boarded-up terraced house. The man's identity was later confirmed after dental records were matched with those at a local surgery.
The grim discovery of Tim O'Sullivan's remains by pest control happened in Mallow, Co Cork in Ireland, with Gardai called.
Cork County Council workers found the skeleton under a duvet on a bed after the local authority was contacted about the vermin infestation. They had been sent out to change the lock so Rentokil gained access. Council worker Paul O'Donoghue was forced to kick the door in, an inquest has heard.
Once inside, he noticed a large amount of post and leaflets as he entered, and decided to do a “quick sweep” of the property, including the bedrooms, reports the Irish Mirror.
Describing what he saw in a room to his left, he said: “I could see a bed in the middle of the floor. I then saw a shape of legs under the duvet, and a coat laid on top. I realised it was a human body.
"I went out to my colleagues on the street and I said, 'I’m not 100 percent sure but I think I saw a body on the bed.’ They followed me in. We then observed with a lamp that it was a body. Mick Carroll (his colleague) then contacted the gardai. I did not know who lived in this house. I never observed anyone entering or leaving his house.”
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