Overview

• Spanish National Police arrested a 64-year-old Briton on suspicion of killing a 66-year-old British woman in a rented apartment in Rincón de Loix.
• An initial post-mortem found death by strangulation, and the vacuum cleaner cord recovered at the scene was seized for DNA testing.
• The women had been staying there with a third British woman who called emergency services after the suspect allegedly confessed to her.
• The victim’s body was transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Alicante, with the full post-mortem report still pending.
• Investigators and the judiciary say the homicide inquiry continues and they are not releasing further details at this stage.