Police were alerted when maggots started dropping from the ceiling of the shop below the flat
A man left his friend to rot for weeks on a mattress after he died in his flat, with maggots feeding on the decaying body, a court has heard.
A judge sentencing the defendant to prison said Mr Scott's disappearance had left his family not knowing what had happened to their loved one, and he was not given the dignity in death he deserved, reports Wales Online. On June 28, officers went to the bookmakers, where staff said they were having problems with maggots coming through the ceiling, which pest control told them was from the flat above.
Russell told officers he and Mr Scott had taken heroin, after which Mr Scott said he was tired. The defendant covered Mr Scott with a blanket and left him, later finding him unresponsive. He tried to give him CPR and administered Naloxone spray, used to reverse the effects of opiates. Russell gave a prepared statement to police in which he said he had known Mr Scott for around 10 years. He said he panicked when he found his friend's body after consuming drugs, and had slept little since.
Russell, now of St John's Terrace, Neath Abbey, Neath, had previously pleaded guilty to preventing a decent and lawful burial when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has two previous convictions for four offences of theft.
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