Second UK tourist found dead and 'naked' in Albufeira after Greg Monks body find

Daily Record

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The latest death comes just days after Greg Monks, 37, from Glasgow, was discovered dead in the Cerro de Aguia.
A "naked" British tourist has been found dead in the party resort of Albufeira just days after a Scottish man was found dead in the same town.
The male, in his 20s, is thought to have died in a drunken fall after crashing down steps in the Algarve holiday resort's Old Town of Albufeira. The alarm was raised just before 7am on Wednesday, with news of the incident only emerging today.
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Respected Portuguese daily Correo da Manha reports the tourist was 'completely naked' when he was found at the bottom of the steps in an avenue called Avenida da Libertade. An autopsy has already taken place but the results have not been made public.
Portuguese police are understood to have ruled out any link to a crime and are said to be treating the death as a tragedy linked to excessive alcohol consumption.
It was not immediately clear today where the tourist had been heading from and to and whether he was staying at a hotel in Albufeira.
No explanation has been given as to why he might have been naked, although police have not yet confirmed he had no clothes on.
It comes after the body of Greg Monks was discovered in the Cerro de Aguia area on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old, from Glasgow, had been missing for seven days after vanishing following a night out on a stag do.
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He is thought to have jumped over a wall and fallen down a steep cliff after becoming disoriented as he tried to head back to his holiday hotel.
Police in Portugal said earlier this week he is likely to have died after falling into a ravine from attempting to scale a fence.
Albufeira has increasingly been coming under the spotlight over the way it has gone from a family-focused resort to a partying Mecca that has reportedly brought more violence, drugs and loutish behaviour.
British tourists holidaying in the resort were warned at the start of the year local town hall chiefs were planning on bringing in fines of up to £1,250 if they got caught walking along the street in their bikinis or swim shorts.
Albufeira's mayor Jose Carlos Polo said he also wanted to tackle street drinking and the problem of holidaymakers urinating in public by introducing new penalty fees.
Last summer a group of partying British tourists put on a shocking display of public nudity which led to locals questioning the type of visitor the town attracted.
Footage of their drunken antics, showing them starkers on their knees in a line on top of a bar counter, went viral as Mr Rolo called the display 'deeply negative' and said he would call for police reinforcements.
Eight British holidaymakers were later identified by cops. The GNR police force is understood to have discovered who they were following an investigation after failing to catch them in the act with their pants still down.
The jaw-dropping scenes happened at Route Caffe 66 on the Oura Strip,
Albufeira's equivalent of the infamous Punta Ballena party strip in Magaluf.
One of the revellers was seen slapping the bare backside of a pal who was part of the bizarre party train the holidaymakers formed on the bar top on their knees.
It was not immediately clear today what action had been taken against them following an investigation which was announced at the time.