Reveller fights for life after seafront fall

A Londoner is fighting for his life after plunging 30 feet from railings on Brighton seafront during a night out with friends.

The 21-year-old man, from Sidcup, suffered multiple fractures in the fall onto the Lower Esplanade. After climbing over the railings at about 11pm on Saturday he was urged to come back by a friend.

Police who spotted him while on foot patrol also called on the man to climb back over. But as one officer tried to reach him and another moved to the other level, the man fell.

He was under sedation in intensive care today with relatives at his bedside. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed because police were present.