Drug-induced paranoia Leeds man fell to death from roof

Nicolai Brown, of Wyther Park Close, Armley, was under the influence of amphetamine and cocaine when he fell from the roof of a house on Back Moorfield Terrace, Armley on October 5 2015.

Police initially treated 27-year-old Mr Brown’s death as suspicious and a man was arrested on suspicion of murder before being released without charge.

A forensic post mortem revealed Mr Brown died from a head injury consistent with a fall from height. Toxicology tests revealed Mr Brown had amphetamine and cocaine in his system.

Mr Brown called police at 8pm on October 5 to say he was being chased by four men with a gun, and he was hiding near KFC on Stanningley Road. When police arrived they found no sign of him. At 9.20pm, officers were called to reports of a man banging on a door at a house on Moorfield Avenue, saying he had been attacked. An officer who attended the scene heard a loud bang from nearby Back Moorfield Terrace and found Mr Brown fatally injured. Senior Coroner David Hinchliff recorded a verdict of accidental death after hearing a police investigation found no evidence that Mr Brown had been threatened. Mr Hinchliff said: “He has gone into some sort of paranoid state where he believed that he was being pursued.”