Briton found dead outside apartment

POLICE yesterday released the name of a 69-year-old British man who was found dead outside a block of apartments in Paphos on Friday morning.

According to a police bulletin, Peter Hall Broadbent was found lying half naked in a pool of blood outside the Paradise Gardens apartments. A bottle of whisky was found next to the body.

After an on-the-scene forensic examination, State Pathologist Eleni Antoniou and Forensic Pathologist Marios Matsakis, ruled out any possibility of foul play.

Broadbent is thought to have been drinking when he lost his balance and fell from the balcony of his apartment.

 

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