Police in Gran Canaria have quizzed an Irishman following the discovery of his partner’s body at their home on the holiday island.
Detectives rushed to the property on Sunday morning after receiving a call at 10.15am about a body lying next to the swimming pool of a property at the Tauro resort, near Mogan in the south of the island.
The unnamed man, described by sources close to the case as an Irish national, has been released without charge by police after a short quiz.
Police in Gran Canaria are hunting an Irishman following the discovery of his partner’s body at their home on the holiday island.The woman, a Dutch national, was pronounced dead at the scene (stock of Tauro resort, in Gran Canaria)
The woman, a Dutch national, was pronounced dead at the scene, with locals claiming a criminal act had taken place. Detectives are awaiting the results of the post-mortem before deciding their next step.
Police sources said they were looking for her Irish partner so they could question him.
His name and age – and the cause of the victim’s death – have not yet been revealed, although he is thought to be around 50.
Police have been told by neighbours that they had heard an argument at the villa, which was rented on a holiday let, shortly before the gruesome discovery.
The man police are hunting, described as a ‘foreigner’ by local press, is said to have fled the property before detectives arrived.
The person who made the 999 call is understood to be a friend or acquaintance of the victim.
Detectives rushed to the property on Sunday morning after receiving a call at 10.15am about a body lying next to the swimming pool of a property at the Tauro resort, near Mogan in the south of the island (stock)
The man police are hunting, described as a ‘foreigner’ by local press, is said to have fled the property before detectives arrived. The person who made the 999 call is understood to be a friend or acquaintance of the victim
Detectives have not yet released the name of the man they want to speak to, although he is understood to have been identified and lives in Gran Canaria like the victim even though the villa was rented.
A source close to the case said: ‘The dead woman is Dutch and the man police are hunting is an Irish national.’
Police are understood to be treating the case as a possible homicide.