Escort plunges to death from hotel balcony after secret life revealed

An escort worker plunged to her death from a Manchester city centre hotel after one of her clients told her parents about her secret life.

Martin Riley, 30, from Blackley, reportedly emailed the family of Laura Pahomova, 23, to tell them she was an escort and needed help, reports the Manchester Evening News.

Her parents, who live in Latvia, has believed she was in the UK studying maths and science at university.

But she had in fact been working for an escort agency in Manchester.

After finding out that her parents knew her secret, she plunged from the 18th floor balcony at The Light Boutique Aparthotel in the Northern Quarter, falling 100ft to her death.

An inquest this week heard how Mr Riley had previously contacted the family of another escort worker in similar circumstances.

Miss Pahomava had been in a relationship with Mr Riley, but the pair had split in the summer of 2012.

Her friend Vera Novikova told the inquest Mr Riley began to "stalk" Miss Pahomava.

He allegedly also made an appointment to meet her under a false name after tracking her down on the internet. She became distressed and asked him to leave her alone when she realised it was him.

According to the Mirror, Coroner Nigel Meadows said: "It seems Mr Riley had been researching the internet to identify her and did so.

"For reasons only he will understand, he decided to contact the family to make disclosures about her lifestyle when she clearly had not wished him to do that.

"It is clear from the writing she was very distressed. This is a very sad and tragic loss of a young life and I am sure that Mr Vinters and the rest of the family would have welcomed Laura back home to a place of safety irrespective of whatever lifestyle she may have been adopting."


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