Beverley Pickorer's shocking appearance shows the devastating damage years of chronic alcohol abuse have taken as she is slowly dying from liver disease
Rotting teeth, jaundice skin and skeletal frame - these horrifying pictures show the effects of chronic alcohol abuse that is slowly killing a mum-of-four.
She is racked by epileptic seizures and her ravaged body shows the damage inflicted by years of heavy drinking.
The shocking images emerged as her partner Anthony Howard begs for Beverley to be allowed to die at home in Parson Cross, Sheffield, rather than spend her last days in a nearby care home.
Beverley has been drink-dependent for years - at her worst she was downing up to 24 cans of lager plus a bottle of perry in the morning, then visiting the pub, then drinking as many as 16 cans when she returned home.
Her four children have all been taken into care.
Partner Anthony said: "I've been looking after my partner for five-and-a-half years, and she's constantly been in and out of hospital with liver cirrhosis.The staff come and turn her every two hours."
Anthony said Beverley's drinking problems started in her early 20s, during a series of troubled relationships.
He said: "When I met her I took her drinking as part of her, it's something I got used to.
"When she got up and had a can in her hand straightaway, I got immune to it. To her it was like having a cup of tea.
"Beverley has four beautiful children, they are now aged six to 15, and they have all been taken into care because she can't look after them.
"It's tragic. We made an agreement that when she dies she would die in my arms at home, but the NHS has said it would be too expensive to care for her at home.
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