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Man killed in Warminster rooftop fall named locally as Anthony Holton

byDaniel Jae Webb
16 July 2017 | 10.28am
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The man who fell from the top of a Warminster building this morning has been named locally as Anthony Holton, a local father who worked as a roofer.

He’s said to have been a ‘devoted father’ and ‘so caring of everybody around him’.

Tributes from his family and friends have been flowing in on social media.

Credit: Facebook / Joshua Pay

Anthony passed away during an incident which happened at around 3.20am today, when police officers were called to help someone in distress on a rooftop in the high street. Sadly, he fell to the ground and died at the scene.

Credit: Facebook

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