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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.
South Wales Guardian
6 days ago
- General
- South Wales Guardian
Body found in search for Scot missing in Portugal
Greg Monks, 38, disappeared in Albufeira last month, reportedly during a stag party. Portuguese police said on Wednesday the body of a 38-year-old man had been found in the search for a missing Scottish tourist. The Policia Judiciaria said the body was located in the Cerro de Aguia area. Police said the 38-year-old's disappearance was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana on May 28 at around 8pm by a man who was on holiday with him. Authorities said a post-mortem examination will take place in due course. A Foreign Office spokesperson said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities.'
Powys County Times
6 days ago
- General
- Powys County Times
Body found in search for Scot missing in Portugal
A body has been found in the search for a Scottish man who went missing in Portugal. Greg Monks, 38, disappeared in Albufeira last month, reportedly during a stag party. Portuguese police said on Wednesday the body of a 38-year-old man had been found in the search for a missing Scottish tourist. The Policia Judiciaria said the body was located in the Cerro de Aguia area. Police said the 38-year-old's disappearance was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana on May 28 at around 8pm by a man who was on holiday with him. Authorities said a post-mortem examination will take place in due course. A Foreign Office spokesperson said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities.'
The National
6 days ago
- General
- The National
Body found in search for missing Glasgow man Greg Monks
Greg Monks was reported missing after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve region after a night out between the evening of May 27 and the early hours of May 28. The last official sighting of the 38-year-old was at around 3.27am on May 28 as he walked past a property in Cerro de Aguia. Judicial Police in Portugal have now confirmed that the body of a man was discovered in that area today (June 4). READ MORE: Woman who died following disturbance in Scottish city named by police Officers say the man, a 38-year-old British citizen, had been missing since May 28. They added that his disappearance was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) in Albufeira on the same day at around 8pm. Following investigations and looking into the presumed route taken since the last sighting, police say the body was located on vacant land. The force says that once a judicial inspection has been carried out, the body will be removed for an autopsy to be performed. A statement published to Policia Judiciaria's website reads: '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. 'The disappearance of the 38-year-old British citizen was reported to the GNR in Albufeira on May 28, at 8:00 pm, by another man who was accompanying him on holiday in that location. '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.' A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities'.
Leader Live
6 days ago
- General
- Leader Live
Body found in search for Scot missing in Portugal
Greg Monks, 38, disappeared in Albufeira last month, reportedly during a stag party. Portuguese police said on Wednesday the body of a 38-year-old man had been found in the search for a missing Scottish tourist. The Policia Judiciaria said the body was located in the Cerro de Aguia area. Police said the 38-year-old's disappearance was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana on May 28 at around 8pm by a man who was on holiday with him. Authorities said a post-mortem examination will take place in due course. A Foreign Office spokesperson said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities.'
