A “bed blocker” who was evicted from hospital after more than two years is an EU immigrant living in a council flat, it has emerged.

The case of Adriano Guedes captured national attention last week when it was revealed health chiefs had been forced to go to court to remove him from the James Paget Hospital in Norfolk.

But yesterday the row intensified when the 63-year-old said he had tried his best to leave but had been thwarted by hospital staff.