Man's body 'not found for week' in city hostel

AN investigation is under way after a man died at a Bristol homeless shelter and his body was not discovered for a week, despite his family reporting him missing to the charity running the hostel and to the police.

- TRISTAN CORK

Avon and Somerset Police has referred itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) over the circumstances surrounding the death of Zaid Jawad, whose body was discovered at Logos House, the Salvation Army hostel in Bristol, on Saturday.

His family said they were shocked to be told Zaid, 40, had actually died in the hostel - in another resident's room - and that resident continued to live there, coming and going with Zaid's body in his room, despite hostel staff and police being alerted to his disappearance, for almost a week.

Two men were arrested but have since been released on police bail and no one has been charged, as police continue to look into the circumstances of Zaid's death.