Naked Gay Man Plunges to Death From London Balcony

A gay doctor fell four stories from the balcony of his London apartment to his death this week, reports Gay Star News.

According to witnesses, Nazim Mahmood had been alone on the balcony of his flat in a West Hampstead mansion block for only a few moments before he fell, naked, to his death before a crowd of children and shoppers. They balcony reportedly was enclosed by a five-foot high glass barrier.

The 34-year-old doctor, who ran a chain of botox clinics, is believed to have moved into the flat three months ago with his partner, Matthew Ogston.

"We heard shouting and looked out to see Barclays staff outside looking shocked," said 25-year-old Azmat Lohdi, who works opposite the building, told the Evening Standard.

"I ran across the road and the man was just lying there. A woman who was a doctor and who happened to be passing called the ambulance and started CPR," said Lohdi. "Within two minutes an ambulance arrived and they were checking his pulse and pumping his chest. They were giving him oxygen, but he was gone. They did everything they could."

Lohdi added that, "Nobody else was in the flat, but a man, who I think was his flatmate, arrived and he totally lost it. He was shouting and crying. A girl also arrived and spoke to police. It's awful."

A neighbor present when police informed Ogston of his partner's death described him as being "devastated," and onlookers complained that the man's body was left in the street for four hours, covered only by a thin red blanket.

The Evening Standard reported that the passing doctor tried to resuscitate Mahmood, but was unsuccessful. The man was pronounced dead at the scene is what a Scotland Yard spokesman said is a "non-suspicious" death.

Mahmood had graduated from the University of Birmingham medical school in 2003 and moved to London, where he worked in a number of teaching hospitals before completing specialist training as a general practitioner. In 2009, he founded Face Clinic London with colleague Dr. Anita Kapoor.

Kappor declined to comment, saying, "In order to be respectful I would like to be left alone at this time."