Neighbours told of their devastation after the body of their friend was left lying in his retirement flat.
Resident in Thirlmere Court, Harding Close, Anfield, said they started to notice a "really awful smell" on Thursday, August 25. Riverside was informed and the drains around the property were checked but the smell persisted.
On Sunday, the smell got "much, much worse" and residents complained once again. On Monday, August 30, Merseyside Police were called to the property, where they found the body of a man.
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He was pronounced dead at the scene and police have confirmed his death is not being treated as suspicious. Residents questioned how the tragedy was not spotted by Riverside staff and revealed how maggots were spotted crawling through the door of the man's room on Monday morning, which prompted the emergency services being called.
In a statement Riverside Hoursing's Director of Operations Lee Buss-Blair said: “We can confirm a resident has sadly passed away at Thirlmere Court, our Retirement Living scheme in Anfield. The resident was found by a member of Riverside staff yesterday and enquiries are being made to inform his next of kin.
“We would like to reassure our residents that we are carrying out a full investigation into this tragic incident and how it happened. Thirlmere Court is an independent living scheme for people aged 55+.
"Residents live independently in their homes, although all of the flats have technology to summon help in the event of an emergency and motion detectors to alert our staff to any unusual periods of inactivity inside a flat.
"Our staff visit the scheme several times a week to ensure residents have someone they can talk to about their needs or any issues with their home. At this early stage of our enquiries we believe the motion detector in this flat was set to indicate that the resident was planning to be away from the scheme for a period of time.
"This meant the motion detector would not have flagged inactivity in the flat. Our thoughts are with the resident’s family at this difficult time and Riverside staff are on site to support our other customers who are understandably upset at the loss of their friend and neighbour.”
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