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Banker dies after becoming impaled on railings in 60ft fall from central London home
Daily Mail ^ | 10 Dec 2014 | By Emma Glanfield

Posted on 12/10/2014 2:32:29 AM PST by BlackVeil

A banker has died after becoming impaled on railings after falling 60ft from the window of a luxury penthouse in central London, which is next door to John Lennon's former home.

...Metropolitan Police said the man's death was not being treated as suspicious but confirmed enquiries were being carried out into the circumstances surrounding his death.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banker; banking; finance; suicide; suspicious
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To: freedumb2003

Grizzly bear is my preferred method. Alas there are none in florida.


21 posted on 12/10/2014 3:08:31 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Do you have any data on how privileged men kill themselves?
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Suicide by nail gun?


22 posted on 12/10/2014 3:26:10 AM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: Neidermeyer

Please see my comment #5, as the sense of statistical science appears to be growing weaker on this thread.


23 posted on 12/10/2014 3:37:00 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: freedumb2003

Actually the movie RED comes to mind where the CIA offed a wealthy banker.


24 posted on 12/10/2014 3:51:26 AM PST by RginTN
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To: BlackVeil

I had to check the date on this article, because a similar incident occurred in London about a month or so ago; someone falling from an apartment building window and getting impaled on the railings below. I’m not sure whether it was a banker or not.


25 posted on 12/10/2014 3:54:18 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: BlackVeil
"Scot Young: Tycoon impaled on Marylebone railings was in £20m divorce battle"
26 posted on 12/10/2014 3:56:36 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: 1rudeboy

” I’m the murderer”

That would make a great story! What if someone on FR framed you for the nail gun murder! We’d have threads for years.


27 posted on 12/10/2014 4:09:21 AM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: BlackVeil
not being treated as suspicious

Of course not.

28 posted on 12/10/2014 4:15:04 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 14 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: BlackVeil

another banker “suicide”?? Is this about number 37 now?

smacks of organized crime from country I will not surmise


29 posted on 12/10/2014 4:20:28 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Dagnabitt

For what it is worth, Dagnabbitt... I get the Omen reference. In the second movie, Damien was living with his Aunt and Uncle. Hence, he was their nephew. The Aunt and Uncle didn’t fare well.


30 posted on 12/10/2014 4:30:06 AM PST by momtothree
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To: BlackVeil

The Butler did it?


31 posted on 12/10/2014 4:38:01 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: BlackVeil

They say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole town
With political connections to spread his wealth around
Born into society, a banker’s only child
He had everything a man could want, power, grace and style

But I work in his factory
And I curse the life I’m living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be

Oh, I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be
Richard Cory

The papers print his picture almost everywhere he goes
Richard Cory at the opera, Richard Cory at a show
And the rumor of his parties and the orgies on his yacht
Oh, he surely must be happy with everything he’s got

But I work in his factory
And I curse the life I’m living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be

Oh, I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be
Richard Cory

He freely gave to charity, he had the common touch
And they were grateful for his patronage and thanked him very much
So my mind was filled with wonder when the evening headlines read
“Richard Cory went home last night and put a bullet through his head”


32 posted on 12/10/2014 4:48:00 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BlackVeil

Not just falling - gunshots, drownings, stabbing themselves without a sharp object, hanging themselves without a rope or other object.


33 posted on 12/10/2014 4:50:47 AM PST by PAR35
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To: WKUHilltopper
"The Butler did it?"

Yeah, the Buttlure could be involved in several of these.

34 posted on 12/10/2014 4:51:13 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: 1rudeboy

A Colorado CEO used a nail gun to commit suicide earlier last week. He was found dead in his Greenwood Village garage Tuesday with seven or eight wounds in his head and chest, New York Daily News reports.

Richard Tailey, 56, was the CEO of American Title Services. His company was under investigation by state insurance regulator’s, though the reasons have not been revealed.

It is unclear whether or not the investigation into his company had any influence over his suicide.

http://www.guns.com/2014/02/10/ceo-commits-suicide-shoots-head-nail-gun-eight-times/


35 posted on 12/10/2014 4:55:27 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: 1rudeboy; BlackVeil
According to this, professions with the highest suicide death rates are:

Physicians
Dentists
Veterinarians
Finance workers
Chiropractors

http://www.newhealthguide.org/Highest-Suicide-Rate-By-Profession.html

Not surprisingly the most prevalent method of suicide among doctors and other health professionals is drug overdose due to their easy access to such drugs and they are the most “successful” at committing suicide via intentional drug overdose, presumably because they know what to take and how much to accomplish the job. Not sure about why the suicide rate is so high among veterinarians and dentists and chiropractors, but many physicians and RN’s are under a great deal of stress; they also have a high rate of divorce because of the long hours and odd shifts, plus dealing with death depending on their specialty, on a daily basis.

It is also not surprising that people working in the higher end of the finance industry are also under a great deal of stress. They also work very long hours that put stresses on their personal lives. And one day you are a superstar and making the big bonuses, living the “high” life; the next day you are on the verge of losing your job, reputation, your wife or husband, all over one bad decision that can not only cost your firm big bucks but also cause losses of millions of dollars for your investors. Not to mention the myriad of confusing regulatory and tax laws one in that industry has to follow and how under a microscope they are under.

Suicide methods vary by country and culture and also by gender. Men have a higher percentage of suicide by gunshot, hanging and jumping where women have a higher percentage of intentional drug overdose and poisoning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide#Methods

The leading method of suicide varies among countries. The leading methods in different regions include hanging, pesticide poisoning, and firearms.[82] These differences are believed to be in part due to availability of the different methods.[69] A review of 56 countries found that hanging was the most common method in most of the countries,[83] accounting for 53% of the male suicides and 39% of the female suicides.[84]

Worldwide, 30% of suicides are from pesticides. The use of this method, however, varies markedly from 4% in Europe to more than 50% in the Pacific region.[85] It is also common in Latin America due to easy access within the farming populations.[69] In many countries, drug overdoses account for approximately 60% of suicides among women and 30% among men.[86] Many are unplanned and occur during an acute period of ambivalence.[69] The death rate varies by method: firearms 80-90%, drowning 65-80%, hanging 60-85%, car exhaust 40-60%, jumping 35-60%, charcoal burning 40-50%, pesticides 6-75%, and medication overdose 1.5-4%.[69] The most common attempted methods of suicide differ from the most common successful methods; Up to 85% of attempts are via drug overdose in the developed world.[32]

In China, the consumption of pesticides is the most common method.[87] In Japan, self disembowelment known as seppuku or hara-kiri still occurs;[87] however, hanging is the most common.[88] Jumping to one's death is common in both Hong Kong and Singapore at 50% and 80% respectively.[69] In Switzerland, where nearly everyone owns a firearm, the most suicides are by hanging.[89] In the United States, 57% of suicides involve the use of firearms with this method being somewhat more common in men than women.[20] The next most common cause was hanging in males and self poisoning in females.[20] Together these methods comprised about 40% of U.S. suicides.[90]

Looking at this graph, it would seem that “falls”, i.e. jumping to one’s death is the 3rd most “popular” method of suicide overall after firearms and suffocation (i.e. hanging or self suffocation via various methods like car exhaust, gas, plastic bags, etc.).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Suicide_methods.gif

Suicide methods also depend on what access a suicidal person has to a lethal means.

http://nypost.com/2014/03/22/whats-behind-epidemic-of-industry-deaths/

Six of the eight mysterious deaths have been from a building or in front of a train. Half of them were at work or en route.

“Our world has become so social — and the barriers of privacy have been [so] broken down. Perhaps that could be a reason for the public displays, especially for those in their 20s,” says says Carolyn Wolf, executive partner and director of the mental-health law practice at Abrams Fensterman in Midtown.

Alternatively, Dr. John Draper, project director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, suggests it has more to do with access to means than anything else.

“If you live or work in a high-rise or have access at work to harmful items — like a gun — then that could be most lethal means available, without any further meaning to location.”

36 posted on 12/10/2014 4:55:27 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: Rashputin

LOL!


37 posted on 12/10/2014 4:59:17 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: MD Expat in PA

“Death by cop” is the ghetto way of offing yourself.


38 posted on 12/10/2014 5:01:27 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BlackVeil

He was a Brit!

Lousy medical system.
He couldn’t get a scrip.

And a handgun in London?


39 posted on 12/10/2014 5:05:36 AM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: ilovesarah2012
with seven or eight wounds in his head and chest, New York Daily News reports.

Depending on the strength of the nail gun and the length and size of the nails used, and how accurate he was at hitting a major artery or a vital organ the very first time, I can see where it might take several shots with a nail gun in order to off one’s self. He might have very well wounded himself several times, especially if he tried to hit his heart, very painfully but not lethally, not enough to incapacitate himself depending on his tolerance to pain and his commitment to finishing the job, after the first six or so shots.

40 posted on 12/10/2014 5:11:17 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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