Man found dead on Bibby Stockholm lay undiscovered for 12 hours, roommate says

Exclusive: Leonard Farruku’s former roommate was offered no support after being relocated to another room without belongings

The man who was found dead on the Bibby Stockholm barge after it was suspected he had killed himself lay undiscovered for up to 12 hours, his former roommate has claimed.

Speaking publicly for the first time since Leonard Farruku, 27, an asylum seeker from Albania, was found dead in a shower room on the barge last month, his roommate urged the Home Office to stop using it to accommodate those seeking refugee status.

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