British Tycoon Impaled on Spikes Following 60ft Fall from Luxury London Penthouse
December 10th, 2014Update: Scot Young
Via: Telegraph:
A financier at the heart of one of Britain’s biggest divorce battles has died after falling from his £3 million home and impaling himself on iron railings.
Scot Young, 52, suffered horrific injuries after plummeting four storeys from a window of his luxury central London penthouse.
His death comes almost a year after an extraordinary legal fight with his ex-wife concluded at the High Court.
Michelle Young, 49, won a £20 million payout after a seven-year legal battle but declared the sum a “disgrace” and is never believed to have received the cash.
She said she thought Mr Young was worth “billions” and claimed that he had hidden his fortune.
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Via: International Business Times:
A man has died in an horrific accident, falling 60 feet from the window of a Marylebone flat after being impaled on iron railings.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and police are not treating the death as suspicious.
Neighbours believe the man, who was in his 50s, worked in banking or the financial services and was from the UK.
Firefighters cut through the 5ft railings with an angle grinder before the body could be moved, according to the Evening Standard.
A neighbour said: “It is horrific and very sad. My cleaners were here and saw the man’s body. They were traumatised.
“It was a very gruesome scene. The body was hanging there for a while.
“Police covered it with a tent straight away when they arrived but quite a few people must have seen it. I couldn’t look, I was horrified.”
A Met spokesman said: “Police were called to Montagu Square, W1 at 17:18hrs on Monday, 8 December to reports of a man having fallen from a fourth floor window. A man, believed aged in his early 50’s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this time.”
Residents were still in shock at the horrific death. Hanne Kristiansen, a physiotherapist, said: “I tried to look out our window, but the police yelled ‘get back inside’. I saw the police using a chainsaw and sparks went everywhere.”
The man is understood to have lived in the flat with his American girlfriend for the past few months.
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That’s a very gruesome and sad way to go. 🙁
The police don’t suspect foul play but how did the accident happen?