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Homeless man crushed in bin lorry
8 Oct 2009A homeless man was crushed to death in the back of a dustcart after he fell asleep in a wheelie bin, an inquest heard today.
Raymond Pickering, 54, was living rough in and around Nottingham and fell asleep in a large commercial wheelie bin, the inquest was told.
But, on the morning of May 15, the bin was emptied with him inside and he was crushed to death.
His body was found hours later at Biffa's waste-management site in Colwick, Nottingham Coroner's Court heard today.
The binmen who were doing their rounds that morning had not checked inside the bin, as was standard practice for health and safety reasons.
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This is dreadful. They must be told to check all dumpsters everytime. That poor bloke. There may also be animals in there too.
- Paul Jardine, Bromley, 08/10/2009 19:44
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