20 Nov, 2024 @ 16:43
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Gibraltar floating body update: Autopsy carried out as Interpol and Spanish police contacted

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AN autopsy has been carried out on a body that was discovered floating off the coast of Gibraltar on Sunday morning.

The investigation is being led by detectives from the Royal Gibraltar Police’s Criminal Investigation Department, who are now waiting on the results.

They are liaising with counterparts in Spanish law enforcement agencies and with Interpol.

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The body was found on Sunday morning floating around a kilometre off Europa Point

So far investigators have been unable to determine the identity of the male individual, who was spotted floating a little over a kilometre off Europa Point by a passing pleasure yacht.

Video has been circulating on social media of the grim discovery, which RGP have asked users not to re-post out of respect for the family.

The crew alerted the Gibraltar Port Authority at 8.47am, who sent out a team to retrieve the body at 9.30am.

Anyone with any information that may assist the RGP in their investigation is asked to contact the force’s Control Room on 200 72500 or report online at www.police.gi/report/crime.

Walter Finch

Walter Finch, who comes from a background in video and photography, is keen on reporting on and investigating organised crime, corruption and abuse of power. He is fascinated by the nexus between politics, business and law-breaking, as well as other wider trends that affect society.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break in the business working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.
He took up up a reporter role with the Olive Press Newspaper and today he is based in La Linea de la Concepcion at the heart of a global chokepoint and crucial maritime hub, where he edits the Olive Press Gibraltar edition.
He is also the deputy news editor across all editions of the newspaper.

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