21 Feb, 2025 @ 14:25
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British tourist ‘in his 60s’ is found dead inside hotel room on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man has been found inside a hotel room on the Costa del Sol, it has emerged.

The unnamed tourist, said to be aged in his 60s, was discovered by hotel staff at around 9.40am on Friday.

The name of the hotel has not been released, but is situated on Avenida Santa Amalia in Fuengirola (street pictured above).

The corpse was found by staff who entered the Brit’s room, as he was supposed to check out on Thursday, reports Sur.

Policia Nacional have opened an investigation after cordoning off the scene.

Sources close to the investigation said there were no immediate signs of a ‘violent death’, however the autopsy will reveal more clues.

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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