20 Sep, 2016 @ 15:44
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Elderly British expat rescued from southern Spanish home after lying on the floor for three days without food or water

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A BRITISH expat has been rescued from his Spanish home after laying on the floor for three days without food or water.

The 69-year-old man was found semi-conscious at his apartment in El Campello near Alicante.

He was found after his neighbour became concerned after not seeing him for a few days.

After police failed to find him in the local hospitals, they contacted the British Consulate to see if they knew his whereabouts.

Having no luck, they sought a warrant to enter his fifth-floor flat.

Officers found the man on the floor, unable to speak.

In recovery he explained how he had fallen days earlier.

He is currently in intensive care in San Juan hospital and is expected to recover.

The pensioner resides in Spain alone, with all of his family living in the UK.

 

 

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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