Man making a film about sleeping rough found dead
A man making a film about sleeping rough has been found dead in Newcastle.
Channel 4 response to 'homeless experience' death
Lee Halpin was apparently filming a documentary about homelessness in an attempt to get on a Channel 4 journalism course.
He was spending a week sleeping rough when he was found dead in a derelict hostel in Newcastle on Wednesday morning.
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