Appeal to identify man who died after falling from Nairobi flight and landed in Clapham garden

BY TOBY PORTER
toby@slpmedia.co.uk

Police are still toiling to identify a man whose body fell from the undercarriage of an aeroplane into a garden.

They have released an e-fit of the man who fell to the ground from a Nairobi to Heathrow flight, into Offerton Road Clapham in June.

They have also issued pictures of a bag found in the landing gear when the Kenyan Airlines plane landed at Heathrow Airport.

The strap of the bag had the distinctive lettering MCA written on to it, and the bag also contained a small amount of Kenyan currency.

The e-fit shows a logo on a top that the man had been wearing.

Work continues to establish the man’s identity. Officers believe the man to be Kenyan but are keeping an open mind.

The body of a man in his 30s landed close to a man who was sunbathing in a garden.

A post-mortem on July 3 gave cause of death as multiple injuries.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and police continue to liaise with the coroner.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Central South Command Unit are investigating.

The body is held at a mortuary.

Once the investigation is complete, a file will be produced for the coroner and an inquest can take place.

Detective Sergeant Paul Graves, of the South Central Command Unit, said: “We have pursued a number of lines of inquiry in what has been a very sad incident to investigate.

“This man has a family somewhere who need to know what has happened to their loved one.

“Our investigation has included liaison with the authorities in Kenya, from where the flight took off, but so far our efforts to identify this man have proved fruitless.

“I hope by releasing this e-fit someone known to the deceased will recognise him and make contact.”

Call the police on 101 ref CAD 5395/30 June with any information.