Dead Banker #37? London ‘banker’ impaled after falling from penthouse » WTF RLY REPORT
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Dead banker number 37 for 2014? A man believed to work in the financial industry in London ‘fell’ to his death and impaled himself on a fence Tuesday. Firemen had to cut the fence to get the body down which was ‘hanging there’ for hours.
Neighbors said the man may have worked in the financial district called “The City” in London’s center where many international financial firms are based for legal and tax purposes. UK newspapers report it is ‘not being treated as suspicious’ though no explanation has been given yet.
Huff Post UKA man has been killed after falling from a fourth-floor Marylebone penthouse.
The victim, in his 50s, was impaled on 5ft railings below.
Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the address in London’s exclusive Montagu Square at around 5.30pm on Monday.
A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade confirmed to Huffington Post UK they had assisted police by cutting through the metal railings with an angle grinder.
His death is not being treated as suspicious.
The Evening Standard reports the £3m property is next door to one which used to be owned by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.
A neighbour told the newspaper: “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.”
The victim is believed to have worked in the banking or financial services industry, neighbours said.
His death follows last week’s news that 52 year old Belgian Geert Tack died in suspicious fashion. Tack, a private banker for ING, was reported to be at least the 36th banker who has died under suspicious circumstances in 2014.
36 Dead bankers in 2014 (via Beforeitsnews):
1) David Bird, 55, long-time reporter for the Wall Street Journal working at the Dow Jones news room2) Tim Dickenson, a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG3) William Broeksmit, 58, former senior manager for Deutsche Bank4) Ryan Henry Crane, age 37, JP Morgan5) Li Junjie, 33, Hong Kong JP Morgan6) Gabriel Magee, 39, age JP Morgan employee7) Mike Dueker, 50, who had worked for Russell Investments8) Richard Talley, 57, was the founder and CEO of American Title (real estate titles)9) James Stuart Jr. 70, Former National Bank of Commerce CEO was found dead in Scottsdale, Ariz10) Jason Alan Salais, 34 year old IT Specialist at JPMorgan since 200811) Autumn Radtke, 28, CEO of First Meta, a Singapore-based virtual currency trading platform12) Eddie Reilly, 47, investment banker, Vertical Group, New York13) Kenneth Ballando, 28, investment banker, Levy Capital, New york14) Joseph A. Giampapa, 55, corporate bankruptcy lawyer, JP Morgan Chase15) Jan Peter Schmittmann, 57, voormalig topbestuurder ANB/AMRO, Laren, Nederland16) Juergen Frick, 48, CEO Bank Frick & Co AG, Liechtenstein17) Benoît Philippens, 37, directeur BNP Parisbas Fortis Bank, Ans, België.18) Lydia…, 52, bankier Bred-Banque-Populaire, Parijs19) Andrew Jarzyk, 27, bankier, PNC Bank, New York20) Carlos Six, 61, Hoofd Belastingdienst en lid CREDAF, België21) Jan Winkelhuijzen, 75, Commissaris en Fiscalist (voormalig Deloitte), Nederland.22) Richard Rockefeller, 66, achterkleinzoon elitebankier John D. Rockefeller, Amerika23) Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (Amir Mansour Aria), 45, bankeigenaar, zakenman en derivatenhandelaar, Iran24) Lewis Katz, 76, zakenman, advocaat en insider in de bancaire wereld, Amerika25) Julian Knott, Directeur Global Operations Center JP Morgan, 45, Amerika26) Richard Gravino, IT Specialist JP Morgan, 49, Amerika27) Thomas James Schenkman, Managing Director Global Infrastructure JP Morgan, 42, Amerika28) Nicholas Valtz, 39, Managing Director Goldman Sachs, New York, Amerika29) Therese Brouwer, 50, Managing Director ING, Nederland30) Tod Robert Edward, 51, Vice President M & T Bank, Amerika31) Thierry Leyne, 48, investeringsbankier en eigenaar Anatevka S.A., Israël32) Calogero Gambino, 41, Managing Director Deutsche Bank, Amerika33) Shawn D. Miller, 42, Managing Director Citigroup, New York, Amerika34) Melissa Millian, 54, Senior Vice President Mass Mutual, Amerika35) Thieu Leenen, 64, Relatiemanager ABN/AMRO, Eindhoven, Nederland36) Geert Tack, 52, Private Banker ING, Haaltert, België