THE former fiance of a Scots tycoon who fell to his death from her London penthouse has told of the void his sudden passing has left in her life.

Socialite and reality TV star Noelle Reno was engaged to businessman Scot Young for four years, but the couple's relationship had foundered in the weeks before his death.

Mr Young, of Dundee, who built up a multi-million property empire, was impaled on railings after falling from the upmarket flat at Montagu Square, Marylebone, central London, on December 8 last year.

He had become a familiar face in the law courts because of a bitter-six year divorce battle with his former wife Michelle. An inquest into his death is currently underway, but Ms Reno said she believed it was suicide.

Ms Reno said: "Four days before we were due to depart from Waterloo to Brussels somebody very close to me, Scot Young, committed suicide.

"Scot and I had recently broken up after five and half years together, for most of which we were engaged."

Mr Young, 52, who was sent to prison during the vitriolic and public divorce row with his ex wife, died in what is said to have been a grisly and brutal scene.

He was identified by his brother-in-law Guy van Ristell, with details supplied to the police by his daughter Sasha.

In March last year, a High Court hearing was told that Mr Young's estranged wife remained empty-handed more than three months after she was awarded £20 million by a judge.

Mr Justice Moor assessed Mr Young to be worth £40 million - after analysing evidence at a trial - and said Mrs Young was entitled to half of that.

The judge said the businessman might have hidden assets offshore. Mrs Young said she thought he was worth ''billions'' and claimed he had hidden a ''vast fortune''.

Mr Young said he had suffered a financial ''meltdown'' seven years ago and was bankrupt and penniless, with debts adding up to £28 million.

The judge described the litigation - which began more than six years ago - as ''quite extraordinary''