Homeless rough sleeper passes away after sleeping bag is taken away by council
A homeless man was discovered dead in an auto stop yesterday after the nearby committee took his dozing pack away, it has been asserted.
The 66-year-old harsh sleeper, just known by his first name 'Kev', was discovered dead under a bridge in an auto stop in Bournemouth, Dorset, south-west England.
As per a companion of the man who found his body, authorities from Bournemouth Borough Council had 'expelled his sleeping sack and belonging's a few days before he died,
The anonymous companion, who said he had known Kev for 18 months, stated: "I put my hand on him to shake him and that is the point at which I knew something wasn't right and my heart sank.
"Half a month back he said the board took his dozing sack. They consider it to be garbage however they don't understand these are vagrants; dozing sacks are the stuff that keeps them warm."
The match met after they got talking, when the companion saw Kev sitting on a divider at the edge of a street amid his day by day drive to work. The companion said that Kev was not known for drinking or taking medications and never 'requested anything' from him.
"I pondered, on the off chance that I gave him some cash, would it go on medications and liquor however to be straightforward he never did any of that, simply smoked roll-ups," the companion said.
"He never, ever requested anything from me."
Bournemouth Borough Council has already been reprimanded for its measures focusing on the destitute. These incorporate purchasing unpleasant sleepers one-path tickets to leave the town and playing bagpipe music to stop individuals resting close to the town's vehicle stations.
A representative for the chamber said they were 'mindful' of Kev's demise however declined to remark on the affirmations that his dozing pack had been evacuated.
"We know about the exceptionally dismal news at Braidley Road," the representative said. "The personality of the perished man has not yet been affirmed by the police and accordingly we can't remark promote at this stage."
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