By CARA SULIEMAN & ALEXANDER LAWRIE
A PENSIONER who lay dead in her flat for five years before anyone noticed has finally been laid to rest.
The badly decomposed body of tragic Isabella Purves was found at her home in Edinburgh’s Canonmills area on July 2.
She was only discovered when a downstairs neighbour noticed water dripping through from Miss Purves’ flat above.
Police officers were forced to break down her front door in a stairwell in Rodney Street and push their way through years of unopened mail before making the gruesome discovery.
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