Workmen plunged to their deaths from balcony of £7m apartment

Knightsbridge

Two workmen plunged to their deaths from the Victorian balcony of a £7m apartment when the railings gave way as they hauled a large sofa up from the pavement, a court heard. Polish workers Tomasz Procko, 22, and Karol Symanski, 29, were killed during a £700,000 renovation of lawyer Taher Helmy’s property in one of central London’s most desirable residential areas. A third man working on the major refurbishment of 37 Cadogan Square – in between Harrods and Sloane Square…

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