Every space in the flat was filled with piles of magazines, which also stacked on tables and on shelves. Photo / 123RF
Every space in the flat was filled with piles of magazines, which also stacked on tables and on shelves. Photo / 123RF
A lonely Japanese man who amassed more than six tons of porn died when a huge pile of magazines fell on top of him.
And even more tragically, the man's body was only discovered six months later when the landlord entered the flat to find out why the rent hadnot been paid.
The man's lowly death was revealed by a member of the cleaning team, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly in a way that would not be noticed by neighbours and the man's family to save them from the shame.
He said that the dead man, a 50-year-old former carmaker identified only by the name Joji, had died buried underneath under a pile of the pornographic magazines.
It was unclear if he had suffered a heart attack and fallen into the stacks of magazines which had then fallen on top of him, or whether he had been crushed by the mass of paper.
But the cleaner said that if he was still conscious, the paper would probably have muffled his cries.
Every space in the flat was filled with piles of magazines, which also stacked on tables and on shelves.
There were also clippings from erotic magazines where it appeared the man had cut out his favourite articles, and thrown away the rest of the magazine.
