Britain's fattest man dies aged just 33: Trapped in his flat and begging for help, tragedy of the boy who grew to 65stone

Britain's fattest man, who weighed 65 stone, has tragically died at his home in Kent.

Carl Thompson, 33, had been confined to his home for a year, relying on NHS carers to wash and feed him.

This morning, a private ambulance, police and the fire brigade were seen outside his home in Dover.

Police today confirmed his death in a statement. 

'Kent Police was called at 10:38am on 21 June, to a property, Dover following reports that a man in his 30s had died,' a spokesman said. 

'Officers do not believe the death to be suspicious.'

'I've had a lot of that coming in anyway but the more the better.' 

Unable to leave the house to go food shopping, the 33-year-old lived on Chinese takeaways and pizzas that he had delivered to his door.

He also claimed to have spent £10 a day on chocolate, relying on state handouts for money.

  

While Mr Thompson attributed most of his weight gain to the death of his mother, he admitted that he had always 'loved' food.

'I was only about three or four and no one knew why I did it. I would just eat anything out of the cupboards,' he said.

When his mother died of a brain tumour in 2012, he turned to unhealthy food as a means of coping with his grief.

His weight soon doubled from 30stone to 65, leaving him unable to work.  

Mr Thompson spent the last few years in and out of hospital, where he was treated for a range of ailments including septicemia.