Suspected shoplifter plunges from shop window onto pavement in front of horrified workers

A suspected shoplifter plunged from a shop window head-first onto a pavement in front of horrified workers.

The suspect hurled himself through a smashed second floor window at a branch of Molton Brown in Threadneedle Street in the City of London. He appeared to be trying to escape police at the time.

Some eyewitnesses say he seemed to catch his leg on the window was he fell approximately 20ft.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, a City worker, speaking anonymously, said:

London Ambulance Service says he was treated for head and foot injuries. Police say the man fell from a second floor window.