Natalie Gentle from Plymouth , was found dead in her county home when police broke down the door of her home last night . the 32 year- old was once a contestant in a "face of 2007" competition. but later had o face a law suit over accusation of drug- taking and anti social behavior.
She was given an ASBO over noise entering her home in
Plymouth banning men from entering her property because of loud sexual noises
disturbing her neighbours.
Prosecutors said she was a prostitute using the address as a
brothel before she was evicted in 2010.
Despite a promising start to life Natalie appeared in court
numerous times due to her heroin habit.
She would use her flat as a 'hub' for prostitution and
dealing Class A drugs, and was raided on many occasions.
Natalie was dragged to court on one occasion after her
neighbours complained about men knocking on the door asking "where the
prostitute is".
After that incident Plymouth magistrates ordered her
property be closed down for three months following joint legal action by the
council and police.
Speaking at the time prosecutor Dylan Sadler told Gentle:
"You are a prostitute, men visit that premises as you offer that service
and you use this to finance a heroin habit."
But yesterday she was found dead after police broke down the
door at around 9pm.
Today, friends and neighbours have come forward to say that
Natalie was still a good person, and that the council were to blame for her
death.
One resident said: "She was a lovely girl, it's so
sad.I blame the police and the council for her death, it's them who should be
getting done.
"She tried to get help but they wouldn't help her. She
had been attacked so many times. Everybody has got a background."
Another neighbour said:"It's not a surprise. It was
more a case of when this was going to happen than if.
"She was a lovely woman; she just took the wrong path
in life."
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police
attended an address at Manston Close, Ernesettle, Plymouth following concerns
for the welfare of a resident.
"Just after 9pm police forced the door and found the
body of a female in her 30s. "Police are not currently treating this as
suspicious."
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