Southampton man jailed for 18 years over woman’s fatal balcony fall

Jaiden Hassan-Agard, 20, has been jailed for 18 years after being convicted of manslaughter over the death of Tia Langdon, 25, in Southampton. The court heard that his threats and violence left her feeling she had no safe way to escape, and the judge said she tried to flee over a balcony.

Hassan-Agard had accused Langdon and another woman of stealing drugs, threatened them with a machete and assaulted Langdon, breaking her nose. She first tried to escape via the balcony but was brought back inside; during a second attempt she fell from the third floor and died in hospital the next day. He was also convicted of offences against the second woman and will serve a further three years on licence after his prison term.