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Young woman who fell to her death from Stockport tower block is named

A young woman who fell to her death from a Stockport tower block has been named as Shelby Drinkwater. Ms Drinkwater, 21, died after falling from a window in Norris Towers on Wilkinson Road in the early hours of July 20.

Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death. Today Stockport coroners office confirmed Ms Drinkwater's death had been reported to the coroner.

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A date for the opening of an inquest has yet to be set. Friends have been paying tribute to Ms Drinkwater on Facebook.

One wrote: "Absolutely broken. Can't even explain the emotion and pain I'm feeling right now.

"No words at all right now I feel numb. I'll forever remember you girl, I love you."

Another wrote: "My heart is breaking, You really was and will forever be loved and missed. I'll never forget the memories we hold together 'little sissy'."

In a statement at the time of Ms Drinkwater's death a GMP spokesperson said: "Officers were called at 12.45am today (20 July 2022) to a report of a woman who had fallen from a window at an address on Wilkinson Road in Stockport. Emergency services attended and a woman in her 20s was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

"There are believed to be no suspicious circumstances and a report is being prepared for HM Coroner."

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