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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Metropolitan Police criticised after man jumped to his death in station

Scotland Yard will have 56 days to respond (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Metropolitan Police has been warned following the death of a man who jumped off a phone booth inside a police station, having spent 18 hours in the waiting area.

Peter Jones, 68, climbed onto the flat hood of a phone booth inside Stoke Newington police station in east London, before jumping off onto the concrete floor.

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