City worker dies plunging from seventh floor of London Stock Exchange

City of London police say death is not being treated as suspicious

Last Thursday, sterling cracked the $1.30 mark for the first time in almost eight months (Getty)

A man has died after falling from the seventh floor of the London Stock Exchange.

A spokesperson for the City of London Police said officers were called to the landmark shortly before 10am “to a report of a man who had fallen from an upper floor in the building to the ground”.

“London Ambulance Service attended and the man was pronounced dead at 10.10am,” he added.

“The City of London Police is currently investigating the circumstances around the death and the incident is being treated as non-suspicious.

“We are now working to inform the man’s next of kin.”

Witnesses said a screen had been erected around the man’s body in the lobby, below a seventh-floor walkway protected by a glass barrier.

In a statement, the LSE said: “We can confirm an incident this morning where a London Stock Exchange Group colleague fell from an upper-floor balcony and died.

“The emergency services were called immediately and are dealing with the incident. We will continue to offer them every support and co-operation possible.

“Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of our dear colleague. We would ask that the privacy of the family of the deceased be respected at this time.”

There has been a series of fatal falls in London’s financial district in recent years, including a man who fell from a Hilton hotel’s rooftop bar and several people who have fallen from the Coq D’Argent restaurant’s terrace.

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