Heartbroken woman leaps to her death from the world's tallest building in Dubai

A lovesick woman Laura Vanessa Nunes, 39, committed suicide by jumping from the 148th floor of the world's tallest building - the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - after a relationship with a wealthy businessman apparently turned sour.

And her devastated mother has claimed that Emaar, the property group behind the 2,700ft high Burj Khalifa, has refused to return repeated requests for information about the tragedy.Leona Sykes, from South Africa, travelled to Dubai to seek answers because she can't believe how easily her daughter was able to leap from the major tourist attraction with supposed modern safety features.

She convinced Dubai police to show her the CCTV taken from the observation deck, despite the harrowing nature of the footage.