A retired Bookkeeper Lay dead in his Bolton Flat for six years until a council landlord forced entry to carry out a gas check, an inquest has heard. Robert Alton, 70, is thought to have died from natural causes but his remains were not discovered until March this year. His social landlord, Bolton at Home, continued to receive his rent automatically through housing benefit and made at least ten attempts to visit the property over the time period, with no answer. His body was only found when officials entered the address on Hemsworth Road using an angle grinder under a court order. Inside, post was piled 50cm high and Mr Alton's body was found at the top of the stairs to his first-floor flat, in jeans and a grey jumper, with a television guide for May 4, 2017 left open, reading glasses left on the page, and food with expiry dates in 2017. Six years of council tax arrears went unnoticed.

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