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Benefits system ‘not fit for purpose,’ says relative of man who starved to death after being sanctioned
Errol Graham's employment and support allowance and housing benefits were stopped 2017. When his body was found in June 2018, he weighed just four-and-a-half stone
Errol Graham

A RELATIVE of a man who died of starvation after his benefits were stopped said yesterday that the system is “not fit for purpose.”

Errol Graham, who had mental-health issues, died aged 57 at a weight of just four-and-a-half stone.

His body was found by bailiffs who broke into his council flat to evict him in June 2018.

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