In 2005, Birmingham City Council announced the tower block was to be demolished along with other housing in the area. The proximity of the tower block to the Aston Expressway (A38 Motorway) was also a major factor as it was deemed an eyesore and unwelcoming to any visitors to the city of Birmingham. On the 2nd September 2012, Normansell Tower was demolished by controlled explosion by DSM Demolition: Murder Case Normansell Tower made national headlines in 1997 when Geraldine Simpson of Carbrooke House was thrown out of a 12th floor window by David Johnson.[1]