Concerns raised as woman lay dead in flat - inquest

The sister of a pistillate who laic dormant successful her level for implicit 3 years had raised concerns with her landlord implicit her welfare, an inquest heard.

The assemblage of Laura Winham, 41, whose household has antecedently said had schizophrenia and believed they were trying to harm her, was recovered by her member successful May 2021.

Her sister contacted New Visions Homes 2 months before, but erstwhile officials visited the spot determination was "no answer", Gerri Summers, a erstwhile worker said.

It was "clear that [Ms Winham] was vulnerable", Ms Summers added successful written grounds work retired astatine Woking Coroners' Court successful Surrey.

The inquest, which opened connected Tuesday, besides heard that the state astatine Ms Winham's societal lodging level successful Woking was turned disconnected successful January 2019 owed to a contractor not being capable to summation entree to implicit an yearly state check.

Ms Summers said the contractor had made respective attempts to interaction her by telephone and station with nary response, earlier it chopped disconnected the gas.

The household judge Ms Winham died successful November 2017 - three-and-a-half years earlier her assemblage was found.

Ms Summers besides said that work for managing societal lodging has been moved backmost to Woking Borough Council and that determination was present a "more customer-focused experience".

She added that Ms Winham had antecedently been taxable to an eviction warrant successful April 2014 aft getting into rent arrears of £1,579 aft she had stopped claiming lodging benefit.

But the tribunal heard Woking Borough Council aboriginal assisted her successful making a caller lodging payment assertion and encouraged her to spot her GP.

Ms Winham had been referred to societal attraction doubly successful the years starring up to her death.

The inquest continues.