13 Sep, 2024 @ 14:19
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David Knowles latest: Gibraltar police report ‘no specific concerns’ in death of Telegraph journalist, 32, after autopsy completed – Counter Terrorism detectives continue to assist 

AN autopsy was completed yesterday afternoon on the Telegraph journalist David Knowles who died suddenly in Gibraltar over the weekend.

The Royal Gibraltar Police said the results are yet to come in but ‘there continues to be no specific concerns surrounding the cause of death.’

They clarified that RGP detectives are still working with UK Counter Terrorism police to investigate the circumstances surrounding the journalist’s death.

Knowles, who had enjoyed success with his podcast Ukraine: The Latest, died on Sunday from what was reported to be a ‘suspected cardiac arrest’ at the age of 32. 

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Telegraph journalist David Knowles, 32, died suddenly while in Gibraltar watching a football match

He had travelled to the British Overseas Territory to watch a Nations League match between the UEFA minnows of Gibraltar and Lichtenstein.

He would have been sat among a crowd of 680 people at the Europa Point stadium on September 8 for the match, which kicked off at 8pm and finished around 10pm. He died the same day.

Knowles’ father, Peter Knowles, confirmed that his wife Kaye had flown to Gibraltar to assist authorities with their investigation.

The west-London native worked as a senior audio journalist and presenter for the Telegraph, where he rose to prominence after launching a podcast that shed light on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia placed Knowles and two other Telegraph journalists on its list of people banned from entering the country because of their work on the award-winning podcast last year.

It won the Best News Podcast at the Publisher Podcast Awards and has been downloaded almost 100 million times.

According to Spotify, the team of Telegraph journalists ‘considers military strategy, history, economics, the refugee crisis, Ukrainian culture, and daily life in Vladimir Putin’s autocratic Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky’s democratic Ukraine.’

Walter Finch

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A NCTJ-trained journalist, he came to the Costa del Sol - Gibraltar hotspot from the Daily Mail in 2022 to report on organised crime, corruption, financial fraud and a little bit of whatever is going on.
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