Asylum seeker’s death at hotel near Heathrow sparks police inquiry

Home Office sources say place where body of 24-year-old from Sudan found at Crowne Plaza is crime scene

Police are investigating after a young Sudanese asylum seeker was found dead in the early hours of Sunday in a hotel near Heathrow airport.

The man, understood to be 24 years old and to have been in the UK for four months after spending several months sleeping under a bridge in Calais, was found dead just before 1am on Sunday at the Crowne Plaza hotel near Heathrow which the Home Office uses to accommodate asylum seekers.

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