24 Oct, 2018 @ 15:09
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British boy, 5, drowns in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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A BRITISH boy has drowned in a swimming pool on the Costa del Sol.

The five-year-old was on holiday when he died in Nerja yesterday afternoon.

According to reports, the young lad was announced dead at the scene after paramedics failed to revive him.

He is believed to have been staying with his parents, two siblings and grandparents.

Police are said to be investigating the incident.

 

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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