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Robert Dalling & Chiara Fiorillo

Horrified girlfriend watches man fall to his death over FaceTime while on night out

A man has died after falling into the River Thames while Facetiming his girlfriend during a night out.

James East, from Swansea, Wales, had been out with his girlfriend Arabella Ashfield in Kingston, southwest London, to celebrate the 18th birthday of the woman's sister on September 25.

During the night, he went to take a break and sat on a walled area of a bridge, but misjudged his seating position and fell backwards.

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