Gibraltar police investigate suspicious death
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Correction — Aug 2, 2010
A reader drew to our attention that a body was found in Varyl Begg Estate, not Varyl Road as was stated in this report.
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) is carrying out investigations following the discovery of a body at a house in Cumberland Road in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
An RGP spokesman confirmed that a body, that of a British woman in her 50s who lived in Gibraltar, had been found, but he refused to give further details, telling reporters that the victim's next of kin had not yet been informed. He went on to say that the RGP "are dealing with this as a suspicious death". The Gibraltar Chronicle reported that the woman had sustained a wound.
Local residents became aware of the activity of the police and ambulance services around midnight.
Forensic investigators were on the scene until mid morning, and several people are believed to be helping the police with their enquiries. A man was arrested on suspicion of murder late Wednesday evening and was being held for questioning, but has now been released on Police bail pending ongoing investigations. Under local law in Gibraltar, he could be held for up to 24 hours without charge, after which time he must be released or charged.
This is the fourth death in Gibraltar in the last week. Others have included a man found hanged in Upper Town, another who was found on a Ministry of Defence base in a secure area, and drowned himself in the harbour, and a third man whose body was found severely decomposed in Varyl Road.
Sources
- "POLICE INVESTIGATE UK WOMAN’S ‘SUSPICIOUS DEATH’" — Gibraltar Chronicle, July 29, 2010
- "4 deaths in one week" — Panorama Gibraltar, July 29, 2010
- "Man arrested on suspicion of murder" — Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation, July 29, 2010
