- He had been sectioned before,
- could not cope
- with unexpected changes.
- ‘Upsets my life completely.
- Feel under threat and upset.
- Cannot deal with social
- situations. Keep myself
- to myself. Do not engage
- with strangers. Have no social life.
- Feel anxiety and panic
- in new situations.’
- He had been receiving benefits for many years
- as a result of enduring mental distress.
- The Department stopped his allowance
- and backdated that decision
- to the previous month
- after making two unsuccessful visits to his home
- to ask him why he had not attended a face-to-face assessment.
- His housing benefit was also stopped;
- standard procedure.
- He had just a couple of out-of-date tins of fish
- left in his flat
- and he weighed just four-and-a-half stone
- when his body was found by bailiffs
- who had knocked down his front door
- to evict him.
[Disability News Service, 23/01/2020, The death of Errol Graham: Man starved to death after DWP wrongly stopped his benefits]