A
PAINTER died when he fell 7m from a balcony and landed on a postman
at a small domestic job in Queens Gate Terrace in South-West London
last week.
It
was thought the man was painting the outside of the property but
did not have proper ladder access to the scaffolding.
He
appears to have been climbing over the balcony to carry out the
work when he fell, sustaining serious head injuries.
The
postman was not seriously injured.
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