Obsessive hoarder, bigamist, prostitute and neighbour from hell. Reporter Jenny Seymour and photographer Liam McAvoy go inside the home of Reigate's most extraordinary resident
AN 87-YEAR-OLD woman is to be cremated anonymously, with no-one she knew present.
Nobody is grieving for Victoria Seidler, a "neighbour from hell", who is described as a psychopath by her own son.
An obsessive hoarder, for 20 years she refused to let people into her home in respectable, residential Reigate, abused neighbours who tried to help, and rejected any attempts at intervention from the authorities.
Rubbish, including human waste, was piled up to the discoloured ceilings. Although she had money, she refused to pay for anything once it was in her possession: her gas had been cut off and she had not had mains water for 17 years.
"She was a psychotic hoarder," said her son, Laurence, 57. "That was just one aspect of this extraordinary woman." For the full story and pictures, click here
