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Evening Standard
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Jacob Phillips

Woman plunged to her death from sixth-floor Hackney flat while trying to unblock broken drainpipe

A coroner has written to Hackney Council calling for action to stop similar deaths from happening - (Hackney Council)

A woman plunged to her death after falling from the sixth floor of her Hackney flat while trying to fix a broken drainpipe, an investigation into her death has found.

Sarah McGreevy, 37, fell from her balcony at around 9.40am on June 16 and when police officers visited the scene they discovered a wooden box on the balcony and her mobile phone on a window ledge nearby.

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