JUSTIN Gatto, the son of underworld heavyweight Mick Gatto, has been found dead next to a Melbourne apartment building.

The 34-year-old is believed to have died near a Spencer Street apartment in the CBD just after midnight on Tuesday.

In a statement to news.com.au, Victoria Police said: “Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after a man fell from an apartment building balcony on Spencer Street over night.

“The incident happened just after midnight with the 34-year-old man dying at the scene.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious.”

According to the Herald Sun, a friend of Mr Gatto has asked that his family’s privacy be respected.

Investigators are preparing a report for the coroner.

Justin is the youngest of his immediate family, with three older siblings named Damien, Sarah and Michael.

He narrowly escaped death following a horrific car crash in 2008. A court heard he lost control of his BMW and crashed into an oncoming four-wheel drive in Parkville.

He ended up in intensive care and had his licence suspended for a month.

Justin’s father published a bestselling autobiography in 2009 called I, Mick Gatto, which detailed the underworld heavyweight’s unique position of knowing all the players in the Gangland Wars.

In the book, he wrote that he would forever be grateful for the work of the Royal Children’s Hospital after Justin was born two months premature.

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