A widow has died months after being kicked out of her home of more than 60 years because her life-long collection of dolls and trinkets was branded a fire risk.
Housing chiefs evicted May Appleton, 87, from her semi-detached property, which was stacked full of thousands of toys, photographs and ornaments, in March.
Last night her sons said Weaver Vale Housing Trust had 'blood on their hands' after she died in hospital overnight.
They claimed a judge had already ordered Mrs Appleton be returned to her home, in Lostock Gralam, near Northwich, Cheshire, but housing bosses had been dragging their heels over allowing the family back in.
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