UK financier falls to death after divorce battle

FILE - A Nov. 15, 2013 photo from files taken in London of bankrupt property tycoon Scot Young. The death of the financier whose body was found impaled on railings outside his luxury London apartment isn't being treated as suspicious, police said Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Scot Young's body was found Monday outside his apartment in central London. Officers were called to the scene after receiving reports that a man had fallen from a fourth-floor window. The 52-year-old property investor and financier was embroiled for more than six years in a multimillion-dollar divorce battle with ex-wife Michelle, 50. She claimed he was hiding huge assets in one of Britain's most lengthy and public divorce cases. (AP Photo/PA, Tim Goode, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE FILE - A Nov. 15, 2013 photo from files taken in London of bankrupt property tycoon Scot Young. The death of the financier whose body was found impaled on railings outside his luxury London apartment isn't being treated as suspicious, police said Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Scot Young's body was found Monday outside his apartment in central London. Officers were called to the scene after receiving reports that a man had fallen from a fourth-floor window. The 52-year-old property investor and financier was embroiled for more than six years in a multimillion-dollar divorce battle with ex-wife Michelle, 50. She claimed he was hiding huge assets in one of Britain's most lengthy and public divorce cases. (AP Photo/PA, Tim Goode, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

By Associated Press December 11, 2014 2 min read

LONDON (AP) – The death of a financier whose body was found impaled on railings outside his luxury London apartment isn’t being treated as suspicious, police said Thursday.

Scot Young’s body was found Monday outside his apartment in central London. Officers were called to the scene after receiving reports that a man had fallen from a fourth-floor window.

The 52-year-old property investor and financier was embroiled for more than six years in a multimillion-dollar divorce battle with ex-wife Michelle, 50. She claimed he was hiding huge assets in one of Britain’s most lengthy and public divorce cases.

A High Court judge sentenced Young to six months in jail in 2013 for disobeying orders to hand over details of his fortune, worth allegedly 400 million pounds ($628 million).

The Youngs were married for 12 years and had two daughters together. They separated in 2006.