28 Feb, 2024 @ 15:44
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RIP: Body is discovered 8km off Spain’s Costa del Sol during search for missing 53-year-old paddle boarder

THE body of a paddle boarder has been found off the Costa del Sol.

Maritime rescue services found the corpse in Caleta de Velez, some 8km from the shores of Benajarafe.

The grisly discovery was made during a search for missing 53-year-old Nicolas Notario, who went out paddle boarding from Benajarafe beach yesterday.

Nicolas Notario disappeared while paddle boarding off the Costa del Sol yesterday

Several life boats and a helicopter took part in the desperate search, which began on Tuesday.

It was called off at 8pm due to poor visibility, before starting again this morning at 7am.

According to EFE, the body has not yet been officially identified, however the family of Nicolas have been notified of the find.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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