A councillor is calling for an investigation into claims a woman lay dead in her Annan home for up to five weeks.
Richard Brodie told the Standard he was contacted by a neighbour of the 43-year-old from Waterfoot Road after her door was forced open by police officers on Thursday morning.
Mr Brodie said: “I had a call from someone who was concerned that the woman had been dead in her house for a number of weeks before being discovered.
“Apparently, there was a smell coming from the property and the person said police and environmental health had been informed but that the concerns hadn’t been investigated.
“I was told on Friday, a day after the body had been found.
“I’m very concerned if it’s true that residents had informed police and environmental health yet nothing was done.
“I will be asking the council for a full report into what’s happened here.”
One local resident said: “The woman lay dead for five weeks and nothing was done about it despite neighbours reporting the smell.
“The door was eventually forced on Thursday and the body was found.
“People are feeling sick about the whole thing.”
The alarm was raised by a housing provider which contacted police. Officers went to the address and discovered the woman’s body.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “The body of a 43-year-old woman was found in a property on Waterfoot Road in Annan shortly after 10am on Thursday, 29 July.
“The death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious and a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
No one at the council was available for comment.
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