Man falls six floors to his death from tower block as woman, 28, arrested on suspicion of murder

A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man fell to his death from a London tower block yesterday.

Witnesses described hearing a woman "screaming and crying" and seeing "blood everywhere" after the man plunged from the sixth floor of the block in North Finchley.

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service to reports of a critically injured man on High Road, North Finchley at 3.20pm yesterday.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody.

Barber Naik Mohammad, 19, who works at Star Professional Hair Stylist opposite the block of flats, said: "I didn't see how he fell down, but I saw him on the floor.

"After about one minute a woman came down and started crying and screaming and someone took her to the corner to help her calm down.

"I saw all the blood all over the pavement. I gave a towel to someone and they put it over the body."

Pointing towards a shape under a blue tarpaulin at the foot of the apartment block, he added: "That's still the body there."

The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the police are in the process of identifying and notifying his next of kin.

A police cordon remains in place with officers guarding the front door of the block.

Other police, not in uniform, have been going in and out of the building.

The window that the man fell from remains swung wide open and a light is on inside the flat.

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: "It was reported that a man had fallen from a height.

"A post-mortem examination and formal identification will be arranged in due course."

Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to call the police on 101.