Three people plunge to their deaths at high-rise flats

TESTS were due today to establish the identities of three people who plunged to their deaths from high-rise flats in Glasgow.

The bodies of two men and a woman were found at the bottom of a 31-storey block in Petershill Drive, Springburn, Glasgow.

Their deaths are not being treated as suspicious.

It is believed the victims fell from the 15th floor of Block 63 at the Red Road Glasgow flats, which were at one time the highest in Europe.

Many of the Glasgow flats – which are earmarked for demolition – are occupied by asylum seekers and refugees.

Residents said they believed the deceased were from overseas and a 51-year-old neighbour said they had lived there for two months.

Resident Elaine Sandford, 40, said she believed the deceased were Kosovans who faced deportation.

“I think they had a letter through the door that said they were coming back for them,” she said.

Elizabeth Neilson, 42, who lives in the opposite block, said she was “traumatised” after opening her blinds and seeing three bodies lying on the ground.

A Strathclyde Police spokesman said: “Inquiries are ongoing to establish the identities of the three people involved and post-mortem examinations will take place.”

Robina Qureshi, director of Positive Action in Housing, a charity which supports refugees and asylum seekers, said: “We are concerned about who these people are and whether they had recently been given a negative decision by the UK Borders Agency.”