Taking care of its people

In Bristol the body of an old man was found today, in his flat. He had not been seen for 8 years. But his flatmate continued to live around him. The neighbours complained about the smell. The flat, wait for this, was in a warden-controlled block of flats.

This means that a warden might be living on the premises, but in any case, should attend the block of flats daily. One would have thought they might have noticed something, or the neighbours might have complained to them and ACTION MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKEN.

Probably the residents of the block of flats pay a premium for 'being looked after'.

Apart from the many obvious questions there is of course the problem that the living chap might not have allowed access into the flat. Human rights and all that. But in a situation like this, wouldn't there come a point when you'd have to force entry?