Asylum seeker was 'distraught' on barge

AN Albanian man who died aboard the Bibby Stockholm was “tricked” into leaving his previous accommodation after he was “distraught” and refused to go to the barge, an inquest has heard.

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Leonard Farruku was found unresponsive in a shower cubicle on board the accommodation vessel at Portland Port, Dorset, on December 12 2023.

An inquest in Bournemouth was told that a postmortem examination found that the 27-year-old died as a result of compression to the neck and suspension by ligature.

His sisters Marsida Keci and Jola Dushku have questioned how their brother, who they said had struggled with his mental health since the death of their parents, was allowed to be moved to the Bibby Stockholm.