An estate agent who took a prospective buyer to view a house in central England found the owner hanging dead in a cupboard, the agency said Thursday.
It was the first viewing of the £350 000 ($700 000) house which had been on the market for a week. The owner was hanging from a belt inside a walk-in cupboard in the main bedroom.
”It was quite a shock,” said a spokesperson for estate agents Hartleys. ”Our agent quickly ushered everyone out, locked the property and called the authorities.”
The owner, a single man in his 40s, is thought to have committed suicide. He inherited the house from his mother who died recently, the estate agents said. – Reuters