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A London man crushed to death after apparently climbing into a wheelie bin on a night out drinking was a respected maths teacher and rugby coach.
Police today named Scott Williams, 35, of Willesden, as the man whose body was found yesterday morning at the waste site in Newhaven, East Sussex.
He had been drinking with a friend in Brighton on Saturday night and was seen at 1am on Sunday. He was reported missing at 8am yesterday.
Mr Williams had been a teacher and rugby coach at Harrow High School and Sports College between 2002 and 2006. Former colleague Jacqueline Glazerman said he was a “fantastic teacher” and “lovely man”.
Sussex police were investigating how he ended up in the lorry. A spokeswoman said: "It is assumed that Scott, who had been out with a friend and was seen in public houses in the city until 1am on Sunday, had been in one of the wheelie bins.
"Police are investigating how he came to be there and are treating his death as unexplained rather than suspicious."
Staff at Sussex Waste Recycling Ltd did not know when the lorry collected the wheelie bin.
Dave Ely, a director at the company, which trades as Rabbit on an industrial estate in the port town, said rubbish is taken on to the site by its own vehicles on behalf of local councils and also by third party firms.
He said: "This particular dustcart was owned by a third party company which had tipped a load of black bin waste from the Brighton area.
"After it left, staff started looking through the waste and one of them saw what he thought was a body.
"At that point the police were alerted and that is as much as we know."
He added: "We have no idea when the vehicle collected the waste, whether it was over the weekend or some time last week."
