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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Albufeira horror with chilling similarity in cause of death between two Brits
A second British tourist has been found dead in the Portuguese party town of Albufeira - it comes after police found the body of Glasgow man Greg Monks earlier this week A 'naked' British tourist has been found dead in a Portuguese resort in eerily similar circumstances to the another Brit found dead this week. The man is believed to have died following a drunken fall down steps in the Old Town of Albufeira in the Algarve and it comes after the body of Greg Monks, 38, was found after he disappeared in Albufeira last month, reportedly during a stag party. The latest alarm was raised just before 7am on Wednesday, with news of the incident only emerging today. Respected Portuguese daily Correo da Manha is reporting the tourist was 'completely naked' when he was found at the bottom of the steps in an avenue called Avenida da Libertade. Portuguese law means the autopsy results have not been made public, but an autopsy has taken place and police are understood to have ruled out any link to a crime. Authorities are said to be treating the death as a tragedy linked to excessive alcohol consumption. The young tourist was in his twenties and had been heading to where he was staying 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. Police said the Monks' disappearance, meanwhile, was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana on May 28 at around 8pm by a man who was on holiday with him. Greg, from Glasgow, had gone out drinking at bars in the raucous Albufeira strip after flying to the resort hours earlier with friends for a stag do. Greg's sister had urged residents in the area to check home cameras and doorbell footage between 2am and 5am on Wednesday, May 28 after it emerged the last sighting of him had been in the hill area dotted with large villas. A Portuguese police source revealed the CCTV supplied by the local homeowner had proved vital in the case. The Policia Judiciaria said the body, found on Wednesday, was located in the Cerro de Aguia area. The police insider said today: 'The GNR police force had requested help from the Polícia Judiciaria force which confirmed yesterday the missing man's body had been found. They then got given CCTV from one of the villas in the Cerro da Aguia areas which enabled them to trace him jumping over a wall of a neighbouring property. 'With that information the searches were immediately moved to the scrubland below the houses. Sniffer dogs that were being used by the GNR were brought in again. When the dogs were put to work in the area, around 11am, they went straight to a bush where the missing man's body was laying.' He is thought to have jumped over a wall and fallen down a steep cliff after becoming disorientated as he tried to head back to his holiday hotel.
Daily Record
3 days ago
- Daily Record
Second UK tourist found dead and 'naked' in Albufeira after Greg Monks body find
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. 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. 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.
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Police traced body of Greg Monks with CCTV showing final moments before tragic death on stag do in Portugal
PORTUGUESE police discovered CCTV footage showing the final moments of tragic Scot Greg Monks which led them to discover his body. It shows the 38-year-old Advertisement 6 Missing mechanic Greg Monks has been found dead in Portugal Credit: FACEBOOK 6 The tragic last known picture of Greg was revealed New pictures also show the scrubland where he was found on the Algarve after a week-long search. Cops with sniffer dogs were dispatched to search the steep hillside below luxury villas after a homeowner responded to an appeal by police and Greg's family to search cameras for images of him. An autopsy today is expected to firm up the belief he died in a tragic accident after becoming disorientated as he tried to get back to his hotel after a heavy night of drinking with his holiday friends, just hours after travelling to Albufeira for a five-day stag do. Tributes were continuing to be paid today to the plant mechanic from Glasgow, described as an 'amazing guy' by his devastated sister Jillian following yesterday morning's discovery. Advertisement Portuguese A Portuguese police source revealed today that CCTV supplied by a local homeowner had proved vital in the case. Greg's sister had urged residents in Cerro da Aguia, west of Albufeira, to check home cameras and doorbell footage between 2am and 5am on May 28 after it emerged the last sighting of him had been in the hill area dotted with large villas. The police insider said today: 'The GNR police force had requested help from the Polícia Judiciaria force, which confirmed yesterday the missing man's body had been found. Advertisement Most read in The Scottish Sun 'They then got given CCTV from one of the villas in the Cerro da Aguia areas, which enabled them to trace him jumping over a wall of a neighbouring property. 'With that information, the searches were immediately moved to the scrubland below the houses. Missing TikToker Hannah Moody, 31, posted tragic final video before she vanished as her body is found two weeks later 'Sniffer dogs that were being used by the GNR were brought in again. 'When the dogs were put to work in the area, around 11am, they went straight to a bush where the missing man's body was laying.' Advertisement 6 Pictures have emerged of where Mr Monks was found Credit: Solarpix 6 An aerial shot of the location police found his body Credit: Solarpix Another police insider added: 'The investigation into exactly how he died is ongoing. 'But all the evidence so far is pointing to the tourist losing all notion of where he was in a place he hadn't been to before, and under the effects of alcohol jumping over a first wall into a private property and then a second wall in the back garden not realising there was a steep drop the other side.' Advertisement Greg's girlfriend Nicole Kelso, as well as the Scots' mum and dad, travelled to Albufeira after he went missing. His sister Jillian, who fronted the appeals for information on his whereabouts before he was found dead, said yesterday his family were 'truly heartbroken.' Read more on the Irish Sun She added: 'Everyone who knows Greg knows how much he will be missed and what an amazing guy he was.' Portuguese police have not yet released any official statement about why they think he died, although officers have admitted privately they don't expect the post-mortem to reveal any possible link to a crime. Advertisement 6 The 38-year-old vanished while on a stag do in the Algarve Credit: FACEBOOK 6 The tragic plant mechanic's sisters Jillian and Carlin Credit: SKY NEWS
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Who was Greg Monks? Scottish man missing in Portugal found dead
A Scottish man was found dead a week after he went missing in Portugal. As per Portuguese police, the 38-year-old man was found in Cerro de Aguia area on Wednesday morning. The Scottish man went missing hours after he arrived in Albufeira for his stag party. As per reports, he was last spotted on the main strip at Algarve resort during a night out between May 27 and the early hours of May 28. Monks was last spotted around 3.27 am on May 28, after which, he was reported missing by his friends. After a week-long search, Monks' body was found by officials on June 4. ALSO READ | UK announces major military, nuclear revamp for 'war-fighting readiness' 'The Judicial Police, through the Southern Directorate, with the collaboration of the GNR of Albufeira, located, today, in the Cerro de Águia area, in Albufeira, the body of a man who had been missing since May 28," read the official statement issued by Portuguese police read. "After several investigations and investigating the presumed route taken in the early hours of the aforementioned day, since the last sighting, the body was located on a vacant and very uneven terrain. After the competent judicial inspection has been carried out, the body will be removed to the area's Legal Medicine Office for an autopsy to be performed," the statement on their official website added further. The UK foreign office has also offered its support to the family. "We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities," a spokesperson for the foreign office told Glasgow Times. Greg Monks was a 38-year-old man from Cambuslang, Scotland. Monks was on a trip to Portugal with friends for his bachelor party when he went missing. The Monks family confirmed the 38-year-old's death after police found his body on Wednesday with aid from his sisters and girlfriend who flew down from Glasgow.
Scottish Sun
5 days ago
- Scottish Sun
Police traced body of Greg Monks with CCTV showing final moments before tragic death on stag do in Portugal
PORTUGUESE police discovered CCTV footage showing the final moments of tragic Scot Greg Monks which led them to discover his body. It shows the 38-year-old jumping over a wall after a night out with his stag do friends at the party resort of Albufeira. 6 Missing mechanic Greg Monks has been found dead in Portugal Credit: FACEBOOK 6 The tragic last known picture of Greg was revealed New pictures also show the scrubland where he was found on the Algarve after a week-long search. Cops with sniffer dogs were dispatched to search the steep hillside below luxury villas after a homeowner responded to an appeal by police and Greg's family to search cameras for images of him. An autopsy today is expected to firm up the belief he died in a tragic accident after becoming disorientated as he tried to get back to his hotel after a heavy night of drinking with his holiday friends, just hours after travelling to Albufeira for a five-day stag do. Tributes were continuing to be paid today to the plant mechanic from Glasgow, described as an 'amazing guy' by his devastated sister Jillian following yesterday morning's discovery. Portuguese police confirmed Greg's body had been found in an official statement they put out yesterday afternoon after news of the find started leaking out in the local press. A Portuguese police source revealed today that CCTV supplied by a local homeowner had proved vital in the case. Greg's sister had urged residents in Cerro da Aguia, west of Albufeira, to check home cameras and doorbell footage between 2am and 5am on May 28 after it emerged the last sighting of him had been in the hill area dotted with large villas. The police insider said today: 'The GNR police force had requested help from the Polícia Judiciaria force, which confirmed yesterday the missing man's body had been found. 'They then got given CCTV from one of the villas in the Cerro da Aguia areas, which enabled them to trace him jumping over a wall of a neighbouring property. 'With that information, the searches were immediately moved to the scrubland below the houses. Missing TikToker Hannah Moody, 31, posted tragic final video before she vanished as her body is found two weeks later 'Sniffer dogs that were being used by the GNR were brought in again. 'When the dogs were put to work in the area, around 11am, they went straight to a bush where the missing man's body was laying.' 6 Pictures have emerged of where Mr Monks was found Credit: Solarpix 6 An aerial shot of the location police found his body Credit: Solarpix Another police insider added: 'The investigation into exactly how he died is ongoing. 'But all the evidence so far is pointing to the tourist losing all notion of where he was in a place he hadn't been to before, and under the effects of alcohol jumping over a first wall into a private property and then a second wall in the back garden not realising there was a steep drop the other side.' Greg's girlfriend Nicole Kelso, as well as the Scots' mum and dad, travelled to Albufeira after he went missing. His sister Jillian, who fronted the appeals for information on his whereabouts before he was found dead, said yesterday his family were 'truly heartbroken.' She added: 'Everyone who knows Greg knows how much he will be missed and what an amazing guy he was.' Portuguese police have not yet released any official statement about why they think he died, although officers have admitted privately they don't expect the post-mortem to reveal any possible link to a crime. 6 The 38-year-old vanished while on a stag do in the Algarve Credit: FACEBOOK
