General Article Rough sleeper dies near busy Sainsbury’s on central London street

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A homeless man describes his “absolute shock” after waking up next to his dead friend.

By Steven Hopkins

A rough sleeper has told of his “absolute shock” at having been awoken by police to the news that the man sleeping beside him had died during the night. 

James, who declined to give his last name, said the man in his mid-40s is thought to have died shortly after 2.15am on Tuesday morning, on a pavement outside Curry’s PC World on London’s busy Tottenham Court Road. 

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