“Lost, cold and disorientated”, according to the coroner, Mr Elsey wandered into an unlocked store room in a block of flats and climbed into a bin, not knowing the weekly collection was about to take place. Three binmen working for May Gurney told a coroner they saw nothing unusual as the bin was hoisted above their heads by a mechanical lift and emptied into the back of the truck. And none of them heard a cry for help above the noise of the hydraulic machinery. …

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