Briton, 68, found dead in Qawra pool

A British woman was yesterday found to have died while swimming in an Qawra hotel pool.

Police were called on the scene at 2:15pm, after the woman, 68, was seen unconscious in the pool at the hotel in Triq il-Merluzz, Qawra. Preliminary investigations established that the woman had died on the spot.

Duty magistrate Doreen Clarke has appointed experts in her inquiry.