The petition asking for David Clapson’s death to be investigated has been widely shared across social media.
This is David Clapson, who died aged 59 in July.
He was found dead in his flat on 20 July. He'd died from from diabetic ketoacidosis (caused by an acute lack of insulin).
The Guardian reported: "When Gill Thompson, his younger sister, discovered his body, she found his electricity had been cut off (meaning that the fridge where he kept his insulin was no longer working). There was very little left to eat in the flat – six tea bags, an out-of-date tin of sardines and a can of tomato soup. His pay-as-you-go mobile phone had just 5p credit left on it and he had only £3.44 in his bank account. The autopsy notes reveal that his stomach was empty."
The BBC reports: "She added his electricity card had no credit, meaning the fridge where his insulin was kept chilled, was not working."
David wasn't a "scrounger". He had worked for 29 years; 5 years in the Army – including two years in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, during the height of the troubles – 16 years with British Telecom, eight years with various other companies, and in recent years was a carer for our sick mother. When mum went into a home, David turned to the state for help, receiving benefits while he looked for work and taking unpaid work placements.
According to the Guardian: "The last time he spoke to his sister, a few days before he died, he told her he was waiting to hear back about an application he had made to the supermarket chain Lidl." On the petition, she writes: "He had been on work placements, passed his fork lift truck certificate and had been on a computer training course."
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