Friday 1 July 2022 12:33 AM Australian tourist Joshua James Connell killed after falling from Paripas ... trends now
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Confronting footage shows a 19-year-old Aussie tourist skylarking on top of a skinny white pool wall, six stories high, before he plunged to his death.
Tourist Joshua James Connell was on holidays in Phuket, Thailand, when he leaped up onto the narrow wall on the boundary of Paripas Patong Resort's leisure area this week.
CCTV footage shows Mr Connell jumping onto the wall at 5.43pm and walking along the slim wall for just over a minute.
Australian tourist Joshua James Connell, 19, was walking on a narrow pool wall and fence (above) before falling 15m to his death in Phuket, Thailand, on Thursday
He then made the fateful decision of jumping onto a narrow white fence.
Mr Connell threw his arms in the air like a tightrope walker while trying to balance - but tragically fell after about 15 seconds.
Local media said he plummeted 15 metres and landed on the tin roof of
