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10/12/2014
Bankrupt Property Tycoon Dies In Fall From Penthouse
A bankrupt property tycoon has died after falling from a fourth floor penthouse onto railings in London.
Scot Young, 52, fell from his property in Marylebone on Monday.
Mr Young was involved in a high-profile divorce battle with his wife Michelle, who got a £20m settlement last year.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard 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 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene."
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
(CD/JP)
Scot Young, 52, fell from his property in Marylebone on Monday.
Mr Young was involved in a high-profile divorce battle with his wife Michelle, who got a £20m settlement last year.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard 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 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene."
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
(CD/JP)
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