WASTE disposal company Biffa's decision to fit cameras to many of its vehicles was taken, doubtless, from a position of compassion.

The fact that four fellow human beings, who had been reduced to seeking a night's shelter in large wheelie bins, were crushed to death in the bowels of waste hoppers is a sickening thought.

If hopper crews are able to identify potential victims in future and save them from a grisly fate, that's certainly positive.