Shocking pictures show inside the home of "Britain's biggest hoarder" where mummified rats were found. The house, belonging to 72-year-old Paul, had to be cleaned by specialists after piles of rubbish and mountains of collections reached the ceiling.
His bathroom and kitchen had been completely unusable for years but Paul said he got around this by eating outside, going to cafes and going elsewhere to have a shower.
Paul and his mother bought the three bedroom house in Crosby, Merseyside, 35 years ago, after his father died, for £23,000. On Channel 5 documentary Hoarders, which airs on Thursday night, he said: "We had a nice modern kitchen, nice garden as well, it was a very attractive house." But hoarding is often triggered by traumatic
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