Leading banker jumped to his death after snorting cocaine at welcome home party(UBS)

Daily Mail ^ | 09/08/10

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Leading banker jumped to his death after snorting cocaine at welcome home party

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 4:45 PM on 8th September 2010

A leading banker jumped to his death after snorting cocaine at a party thrown to welcome him back from abroad, an inquest heard today.

Neil McCormick plunged sixty feet and landed on rubble after he was spotted walking in circles and mumbling 'guys, don’t do this to me', the court heard.

Mr McCormick, who had used cocaine regularly since studying at Oxford University, moved to Hong Kong last September with his wife Diana and baby son.

In June, the 36-year-old head of Asia Equity derivatives at UBS returned home for a wedding. The day after the ceremony, friends held a barbeque in his honour.

But after treating himself to steak and a beer, the banker was seen by Connor Kelly, the owner of the house in Holland Park, west London, snorting a line of cocaine from a plate in the kitchen.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[TheThirdRuffian]

I guess he took it literally.

[colorado tanker]

'The toxicology reports showed his blood contained metabolites of cocaine, 0.92 milligrammes per litre, which is above the normal recreational level. Recreational use is normally around the level of 0.6 mg per litre.

He was over the recreational limit. Open and shut case of jumping under the influence.

[rabidralph]

Is that Spicoli? Dude.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Idiot! UBS has millions stashed away in people’s 401ks and IRAs which they use to gamble the stock market at our expense. They collect a fat fee every time they make a trade, or produce a quarterly statement. Maybe this jerk was overcome by guilt.

[Retired Greyhound]

A new meaning to the phrase “high finance”.

[eyedigress]

Whatever happened to the car and garage event

[afraidfortherepublic]

But after treating himself to steak and a beer, the banker was seen by Connor Kelly, the owner of the house in Holland Park, west London, snorting a line of cocaine from a plate in the kitchen.

Any guest who pulled a stunt like this in my house would be booted into the street and the police called.

[1rudeboy]

I laughed.

[TruthConquers]

“...walking in circles and mumbling ‘guys, don’t do this to me’...”

So, what is this all about?
I don’t think the cocaine use obscures this.

I don’t think so.

‘What’ was ‘who’ going to do to him?

What did this man know?

[aeonspromise]

if he had a puff of smoke he would have been watching the History channel and eating cheetos..nothing good about that stuff.

[Cicero]

he was spotted walking in circles and mumbling ‘guys, don’t do this to me’

Sounds like evil Republicans to me.

[sodpoodle]

***Mr McCormick, who had used cocaine regularly since studying at Oxford University, moved to Hong Kong last September with his wife Diana and baby son.***

Over-educated, overpaid, self-indulgent, stupid bastard!!!!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Probably cut with animal tranquilizers.

[BipolarBob]

I think it broke up after the honored guest jumped to his death. Just a shot in the dark here.

[Bigg Red]

Bush’s fault.

Honestly, I have no sympathy for losers like this. His baby son was not worth staying clean for? Landing on a pile of rubble was poetick justice.

[DUMBGRUNT]

cocaine: God’s way of telling you have too much money.

[aeonspromise]

yep

[RichInOC]

“Cocaine is a hell of a drug.”