A popular city restaurant Coq D’Argent has seen several suicides from its roof garden in recent years.
A 29-year-old man fell to his death from the rooftop terrace of Coq D’Argent on Queen Victoria Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday. He was the sixth to have died in nine years at the same location.
Coq D’Argent is an eight-storey building near the Bank of England. The restaurant has made no comment.
In 2013 six-foot high barriers were erected and security guards employed and told to question anybody seen alone on the terrace. Despite these measures, in February, restaurant critic Wilkes McDermid (39) jumped to his death from the seventh floor balcony last year.
Coq D’Argent was cleared of any blame over Mr McDermid’s death.
In October 2012, Lambrechts, 46, a South African-born investment manager and father-of-three, jumped after being put under extreme stress following a move from investment bank Merrill Lynch to Investec Asset Management.
The previous month, former British Library mangager Rema Begum, 29, plunged to her death after suffering from depression after losing her job.
In July 2009, Anjool Malde, 24, a stockbroker and Oxford graduate, leapt to his death from the venue holding a glass of champagne after being questioned at Deutsche Bank about prank internet posts.
In May 2007, a City marketing executive Richard Ford, 33, died after he plunged from the terrace and landed on a bus.
A married couple, both aged 85, were found dead after an apparent suicide pact at their home in Nailworth, near Stroud, Gloucestershire.
