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Unbelievable: Mother Forced to Flee After Maggots Filled Her Home From a Rotting Dead Body Upstairs (Photos)
Posted by Samuel on Thu 17th Aug, 2017 - tori.ngA woman has been forced to flee from her own home after several maggots flooded her house from a rotting corpse above her.
Thousands of maggots seeped through the ceiling of the home in Leeds (Picture: Ross Parry)
An English mother, Beau Marr, has said that she has had to flee her home when it became infested with flies and maggots.
According to Metro UK, the maggots are believed to have originated from a rotting corpse that lay undiscovered in a flat upstairs.
Beau Marr said that her home in Holt Park, Leeds, had become a breeding ground for maggots which had seeped through the ceiling.
Describing the scene as looking like ‘something out of a horror film’ she said she has not been able to return to her rented home for more than two weeks.
After the maggots arrived she said that there were thousands of flies filling the rooms.
Beau described it as being like something out of a horror film (Picture: Ross Parry)
A large-scale deep clean up operation was finally carried out earlier this week but not before Beau’s possessions were completely ruined, she claims.
The single mother-of-one, who is currently still on maternity leave, has forked out more than £400 to replace baby clothes, food and an expensive cot.
Beau said: ‘I’m living on a tight budget at the moment with a young baby and I’ve had to replace clothes, a changing mat and bottle brush.
‘I’m sorry but anyone who has any hygiene is not going to let your child wear clothes that have had maggots on them, that have come from a dead body.
‘I think I have probably spent £400 just on clothes on food, that’s without even going into the flat and trying to see what is salvageable and what isn’t.
‘It was like something out of a horror film, I have never seen anything like it. It shook and shocked me.
‘I get up everyday and burst into tears thinking I have to go through the trauma yet again. If anyone else went through this situation I would be trying to help them.
‘People are so quick to judge you but I’m trying to get my voice heard and people are being so heartless thinking I’m speaking out for attention.
‘I want people to see social housing for what it really is, I thought enough is enough.’
Beau Marr and her five-month-old daughter Bonnie Collins are living with relatives until they can move back in (Picture: Ross Parry)
Beau’s neighbour first noticed an overwhelming smell coming from the flat directly above her on July 30.
‘After ringing police they told her to look through the letterbox where she saw him dead in the hallway,’ added Beau.
‘From what I have been told he had laid there for a good couple of weeks. His body was badly decomposed.
‘I decided to stay with friends and family while the smell filtered out. I contacted the housing association and the officer said they didn’t even know he had passed away, I was the first person to tell them.’
But after returning with her five-month-old daughter, Bonnie, she was shocked to see her entire flat infested with flies and maggots.
‘The maggots had come through cracks in the ceiling and because they had, had free rein of the flat they were in the baby’s clothes and my clothes.
‘We went back on the Saturday to give the flat a clean but it was an absolute state. I was trying to clean the best I could but there were cases ready to hatch everywhere you looked. After the fumigation, the flat was covered in flies and they were still flies flying in the air.’
The site owner said unavoidable delays had affected the matter being resolved. The Sanctuary Group, which owns the Holt Farm Close site, was made aware of the death on 2 August.
The housing group said it was unable to access the neighbour, believed to be in his 50s, property until it was decided that no criminal investigation was necessary.
Simon Clark, group director of housing at the Sanctuary Group, said: ‘Ms Marr will obviously not be expected to pay rent for the period of time she has been unable to live in her home address.
‘In addition, she has also now received a payment from Sanctuary to cover her living costs while she has been staying with family and friends.’
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