A 27-year-old British man is understood to have been found in the early hours of this morning in the pool at a rented house in Vilamoura, on the Algarve
A British tourist has been found dead in his holiday pool on the Algarve.
The 27-year-old is understood to have been discovered lifeless in the early hours of this morning at the pool at a rented house in Vilamoura.
He is said to have been staying at the property with friends.
Police are investigating but believe the death was accidental and say there is nothing at this stage pointing to it being a crime, although they are still awaiting the results of the autopsy which will be carried out in Faro.
The GNR police force was initially called before handing the case over to the Policia Judiciaria who have interviewed the Brit’s friends.
Meanwhile, the body of a missing 23-year-old British tourist was found five days on June 16 after he vanished during a swim in the sea in the nearby resort of Albufeira.
A friend he was with raised the alarm sparking a massive sea and land search before a fisherman called police after spotting him floating lifeless off the coast.
In July last year British friends King Edonmi, 29 and Mo Lisau, 27, were discovered lifeless in their Albufeira hotel pool. Portuguese police sources subsequently said ahead of post-mortems they believed the design of the pool combined with the fact they couldn’t swim had likely led to their deaths.
And four children from the UK have drowned already this month in pools in Spain.
Last Thursday it emerged a British three-year-old rushed to hospital after being found “floating face-down” in her holiday pool in Majorca the previous evening had died.
The little girl was revived by the poolside of the family’s rented four-bed villa in Pollensa in the north of the island following the drama around 8pm on Wednesday.
Her parents rescued her from the water and police and then paramedics took over from them by giving her CPR at the scene after they arrived.
But she was still said to be “very serious at Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma yesterday morning following her first night in hospital after being admitted with a very weak pulse. And on Friday it emerged that tragically the child had lost her fight for life.
Last Wednesday it was confirmed a British toddler had died in hospital after being rescued from her family’s hotel holiday pool in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
The one-year-old was found floating in the swimming pool on June 15 at an unnamed apartment complex in Lajares, a laid-back inland village in the municipality of La Oliva in the northern part of the island.
The youngster was revived and stabilised at the scene after it was discovered she had gone into cardiac arrest, before being airlifted to the Materno Infantil University Hospital on the island of Gran Canaria and admitted to its paediatric intensive care unit in a critical condition.
On June 20 a British four-year-old girl drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Lanzarote. The youngster lost her life despite dramatic attempts to revive her at the unnamed hotel in the resort of Playa Blanca by emergency medical responders.
A British three-year-old boy died after falling into a swimming pool at a holiday home where he was staying with his parents near the Costa del Sol. The alarm was raised around 8.30am on June 17 at a farmhouse in the village of Periana, which belongs to Spain’s La Axarquia region and is approximately 30 miles north-east of Malaga.
Periana Council said in a statement and direct message to the boy’s parents after learning of the tragedy, which occurred just a day after the family checked into their rented holiday accommodation: “Today is a deeply sad day for our town.
“On behalf of Periana Town Council, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the child who has passed away. There are no words that can ease such immense grief, but we do wish to convey to you all our love, support and solidarity at this very difficult time. The whole of Periana shares your sadness and stands with you in your grief at such a painful and unjust loss.”
