The
horrified officers were already reeling from the shock of seeing the
man leap into the abyss, but just before they found him on a ledge
30ft from the foot of the cliff, they discovered the corpse of
another man.
"We do not know the identity of this person and there is no
link between the two incidents," a police spokesman said.
A Coastguard rescue helicopter 'India Juliet' was called from Lee-on-Solent and a paramedic
was lowered to the ledge.
The Asian man was given emergency medical treatment for serious
and extensive injuries before being winched on board and flown to
the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.
Dover Lifeboat later recovered the corpse, which coastguard’s
estimate had been lying on the ledge for four months.
Dover Coastguard watch officer Alex Scott said: "This is a
particularly remote location and Shakespeare Cliff is a well known
landmark and the highest in the locality."
Police would not confirm if his condition was life threatening.
