Concerned neighbours called police after noticing a house swarming with flies and rats, fearing there could be a dead body inside.
Officers from the West Midlands Police attended the student home in Selly Oak, in Birmingham, after video footage showed countless dead flies on the inside of property.
Neighbours had become worried that, due to the state of the property, there could have been a dead body inside. In the back garden, rotting waste had been piled up as well as broken glass, cardboard boxes and bins filled with 'sewage-like material'.
Only, it turned out to be a severe pest infestation, of flies and rats. The University of Birmingham students at the home thought they found their dream accommodation last December, paying just £93
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