Riddle as two die at hotel
BODY OF MAN DISCOVERED IN ROOM AFTER ANOTHER MAN PLUNGES FROM FIFTH FLOOR
THE death of a man found in a hotel room is being treated as suspicious, after another man died after falling from the fifth floor of the same building.
Greater Manchester Police are currently working to establish the identity of the man who was found dead in a hotel room on the first floor of the Britannia Hotel in the city centre.
Officers responded to reports shortly after 5.30am yesterday that a man had fallen from a building on Portland Street. The man, believed to be in his 20s, died at the scene.
Officers investigating the incident then gained entry to the room on the first floor and found the second man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Hotel guest James Milner, from Hull, was staying at the Britannia for the night following a Rugby League awards dinner.
When he returned to the hotel he saw the roads were taped off, but the fifth floor, in which he was staying, had not been at that stage. He said: “The roads were all taped off and full of police outside when I arrived back and the hotel was checking for proof of residency at the door to get in.
“This morning I left my room and the lift area was all taped off, the window was wide open and the curtains blowing and there was an iPhone on the floor with headphones plugged in.
“I gave my details to the police and that’s all I saw.”
A spokesman for Britannia Hotels said: “Our thoughts and condolences are with the families concerned and we are liaising with police and providing assistance to them during their investigation.”
A forensic tent is in place behind the hotel on Silver Street, which remains closed.
Det Chf Insp Amber Waywell, of Greater Manchester Police’s Major Incident Team, said: “The investigation is still in its early stages but we are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with this incident.”
“I would urge anyone with information that could assist our investigation to please get in touch as soon as possible.”
The roads were all taped off and full of police when I arrived back Hotel guest James Milner