Two men die after hotel balcony handrail collapses on Lanzarote holiday

The pair died, 10 months apart, after they both fell around 20 feet at the Galeon Playa Apartments in Lanzarote

Darren Silcox died soon after the fall, while his friend Nicholas Thomas survived another ten months

Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran, fell from the balcony in Lanzarote in the early hours of the morning after a wooden handrail collapsed, an inquest has heard

Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran, Wales, died after falling from a balcony at the Galeon Playa Apartments in the resort town of Costa Teguise in Lanzarote

Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran, Wales, died after falling from a balcony at the Galeon Playa Apartments in Lanzarote, with a joint inquest into the hotel balcony collapse now under way