Aspiring model, 20, fell to her death

Aspiring model, 20, fell to her death when she climbed out of window after taking cocaine on night out

Toni Kelly had been taking cocaine and drinking alcohol with friends when she attempted to climb onto the roof

Aspiring model Toni Kelly feel to her death after trying to climb onto her roof at home (Image: tonzkelly/Instagram)

An aspiring model who tried to climb onto her roof after a night out slipped and somersaulted to her death, an inquest heard.

Toni Kelly, 20, had been taking cocaine and drinking alcohol with two friends when she fell 12 feet onto concrete paving slabs.


Pals had warned her not to climb out the window before the tragedy, which happened in Tooting, South London.

An inquest heard the New Zealand national, who was due to start a new job as a teaching assistant, had bought two small wraps of cocaine with friend Patrick Robinson and Jade Hickling before a night out.

The trio returned to Toni's, but despite pleas not to climb from her window, she told childhood friend Patrick to "not be such a p****" and clambered from his shoulders onto the top of her bedroom window.

Moments later Toni, who was twice the drink-drive limit, slipped and fell, suffering a catastrophic head injury, Westminster Coroner's Court heard.

New Zealand national Toni Kelly had taken cocaine and alcohol before she died (Image: tonzkelly/Instagram)

She was set to begin a job as a teaching assistant when she died (Image: tonzkelly/Instagram)

Patrick, who visited from New Zealand, said: "Toni said she wanted to get out onto the roof, she said it will be sweet and she told me not to be a p****.

"I said I would not climb up and she should not either, it looked dangerous.

"She climbed up so she was standing on top of the window, she got up there very easily.

"I heard a slip and saw her falling backwards. She did not make any noise. I attempted to grab her.

"She hit the single pitched roof above the front door and somersaulted backwards onto the concrete floor below.

"I came inside screaming and ran downstairs and rushed outside.

Toni's mum paid an emotional tribute to her at the inquest (Image: tonzkelly/Instagram)

"It was obvious that her head was bleeding she was unconscious but breathing, she opened her eyes and looked from side to side.

"She was taken to St George's Hospital and the doctor came to see us and said Toni has an unsurvivable injury."

At the time it was reported that she had fallen whilst taking a selfie, but this does not seem to have been the case.

Westminster Coroner's Court was shown a video taken by Toni in the weeks leading to her death to submit herself for a TV show where she described herself as a "girly girl" and revealed she had once caught a swordfish.

Toni, who was known as an outgoing and happy girl by family and friends, was pronounced dead on 14 November last year, two days after her fall.

Toni was rushed to hospital, but doctors said she had suffered a catastrophic head injury(Image: tonzkelly/Instagram)

Mum Christine Kelly said: "She was a bit of a daredevil, she liked to climb buildings and was so adventurous.

"When I heard Toni had fallen from a second storey building I thought she might have climbed out of a window to get a better view of the sky.

"She was hoping to be a model and she did a video clip of herself for a TV job, everything was coming together and she had some beautiful friends."

Coroner Shirley Radcliffe recorded the cause of death as a traumatic brain injury as a result of an accident.

She said: "This was a tragic accident, Toni was a young girl of 20 and had everything to live for, she was clearly very talented, full of life and was adventurous.

"She chose to climb out of her window and lost her grip and tragically fell sustaining an unsurvivable injury."