British holidaymaker found dead in pool at Crete hotel after ‘falling ill while swimming’

A criminal investigation is underway after a British pensioner was found dead in a hotel while on holiday in Greece.

The woman, 78, had been taking a dip in the hotel pool in Hersonissos, Crete, before falling ill.

She was pulled out of the water but pronounced dead on the scene, with three people being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by negligence concerning the death.

Two hotel workers, 51 and 41, along with a 21-year-old lifeguard who was meant to be on duty, have all been detained and since released on bail.

The tourist has not been named or pictured yet.

It comes on the heels of other Brits dying while abroad, including one who died on holiday in Majorca after drowning in a hotel swimming pool, near the Love Island villa.

Paramedics rushed to the three-star BJ Playa Blanca Hotel, located between the beaches of S’Illott and Sa Coma on July 29.

Ambulances, as well as an air ambulance, were sent to the scene after the tourist, a 52-year-old man who has not yet been named, was found floating face down in the hotel’s pool.

In mid-July, two British men died after they were found dead in a hotel pool in Portugal.

Tributes were paid to Mo, 27, and King Edonmi, 29, who were discovered at the bottom of a swimming pool at the Duas Palmeiras hotel in Albufeira, Portugal.

King’s sister posted on Facebook lots of pictures of the childhood they shared growing up together. She told Metro: ‘My best friend is really gone. I’m grateful for the childhood we had. I’m grateful for who you became.

‘I’m grateful to God for how much you smiled, laughed and abided in Him.’

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