Man who died on Bibby Stockholm ‘tricked’ into going on barge, inquest told

Community worker said Leonard Farruku, from Albania, was told he was being taken to a hotel in Swindon

An asylum seeker who died onboard the Bibby Stockholm was “tricked” into going to the barge after “point blank” refusing, an inquest has heard.

Leonard Farruku, 27, from Albania, was found unresponsive in a shower cubicle onboard the accommodation vessel at Portland Port, Dorset, on 12 December 2023.

On Monday, the inquest in Bournemouth also heard from a senior Home Office official that “perhaps” an email from their contractor raising urgent concerns about Farruku in the weeks before he died should have been followed up.

Farruku was previously accommodated at the Esplanade Hotel in Paignton, Devon, and began to show disturbed behaviour in July 2023.