Police clarify what action they will take following death in Telford
Police today clarified what action they will be taking after onlookers goaded a man prior to him falling to his death in Telford on Saturday.
The tragic incident occurred in Telford town centre on Saturday afternoon, when a man died after falling from a multi-storey car park at Southwater.
Inspector William Scott from West Mercia Police said:
“It has been brought to our attention that a number of people may have been goading the man prior to his fall. We believe this took place about an hour before the fall. We are currently investigating this to establish if a criminal offence has taken place and if so we will take appropriate action.
“We have also been made aware of distasteful social media activity following the incident. We will also analyse this to establish whether an offence has taken place and if so we will take appropriate action.
“We would like to remind people that this is an extremely traumatic time for the family of the deceased and we would ask that people show them consideration at this time. We would also ask that for the sake of the family, anyone with video footage of the incident deletes it.”
If anyone has any information that may help with our inquiry, please call 101 and quote reference 0338s of 14 March 2015.
There will be a coroner’s investigation into the death of the man.
As is normal following an incident such as this, where a person has contact with police prior to their death (in this case police officers and negotiators who reasoned with him prior to the fall) this case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
