29 May, 2024 @ 11:21
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Body of ‘foreign’ man, 73, is found on a beach in Marbella: Corpse is seen covered by a white sheet just metres from tourist hotspot in Puerto Banus

THE body of a man has been discovered on a beach in Marbella.

The man is of foreign origin and was 73 years old, according to reports in local Spanish press.

His corpse was found in Puerto Banus at around 4pm on Tuesday.

It is believed he suffered a heart attack while swimming in the sea before washing up on the shore.

Policia Local and emergency health workers rushed to the scene but could only confirm the man’s death.

Photos shared online shows paramedics surrounding the body on the shore.

The man had been covered by a white sheet while they waited for his body to be collected.

A routine autopsy is expected to confirm his cause of death.

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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