THE body of a 29-year-old man lay undiscovered in a city centre for two weeks leaving the man’s heartbroken mum desperate for answers.
Michelle Robinson, 47, is pleading for anyone with information about her son’s final days to come forward after his body was found in the undergrowth near Cardiff Central Station on June 10.
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Michelle Robinson, left, is desperately seeking information about her son Ricky's final days Credit: MEDIA WALES 4
Ricky Robinson, 29, was found dead near Cardiff Central Station on June 10 Credit: MEDIA WALES
Ricky Robinson is believed to have lain there for two weeks before his body was discovered.
The distraught mum-of-four told WalesOnline: “Someone must know something, mustn't they?
“He couldn’t have been in that bush for two weeks without anyone knowing he was there. It was outside a train station and nobody saw him.
“Hundreds of people walk past that every day.
“I just want someone to tell me what happened. It’s harder not knowing what happened. I just want an answer and justice for my son as any mother would.”
Ricky Robinson had lived on the streets in Cardiff after moving to the Welsh capital from his family home in Argoed.
He had committed a number of offences, including using threatening behaviour and assaulting a police officer.
Ricky was under a community order and was wearing an electronic tag at the time of his death, court records confirm.
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Two weeks before Ricky was found, his brother Marcus called and shared the news that he and his partner were expecting a baby, meaning Ricky was going to be an uncle.
Michelle says: “Marcus wanted to tell him that and then we hadn’t heard from him after.
“He would’ve made a good uncle. He loved his brothers and his sister. He was close to them all – Marcus, Robert, and Scarlet."
Ricky was last spotted in a bank in Cardiff on May 26.
South Wales Police continue to probe Ricky’s death, but Michelle says she is still waiting for updates.
She claims: “His body was undiscovered for two weeks and since then I have not received any support from the police.
“I feel I have been let down by the system. So has my son who was left there for two weeks undiscovered.”
By the time Michelle saw her son’s body, it was so badly decomposed the mum was unable to identify it.
Tests are now being carried out to establish the circumstances around Ricky’s death and to identify the body formally.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "South Wales Police is continuing to investigate the death of a 29-year-old man whose body was found in Penarth Road, near Cardiff Central railway station, in June.
"The investigation is being carried out on behalf of HM Coroner and the man’s family has been informed that officers are awaiting a pathology report."
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Ricky was one of four siblings Credit: MEDIA WALES 4
The young man had moved to Cardiff from his family home in Argoed Credit: MEDIA WALES
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