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ISSUE NO. 1709
5 - 11 April 2018
by Benjamin Park Tragic Scot Kirsty Maxwell may have been the victim of mistaken identity, it has been claimed. The 27-year-old plummeted to her death from a 10th floor apartment balcony in Benidorm in April last year. Her family feared that she may have been fleeing a sex attack when she fell, but an unnamed source has now claimed that she may have been mistaken for a mystery hotel guest who has yet to be traced. According to UK media reports, the unknown woman was staying a few rooms along from the balcony room where Kirsty plunged to her death, but despite a public appeal to find the woman, led by Kirsty’s husband Adam in August, she is yet to come forward. The source told British media: “We know there was this girl staying in room 10A. “She wasn’t interviewed by police and still hasn’t come forward despite huge appeals for her. There is the possibility that Kirsty was mistaken for this woman.” The fears reportedly came af-
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CLAIMS: An unnamed source has claimed that Kirsty may have been mistaken for a mystery woman. ter former police officer David Swindle, who has been looking into the incident on behalf of Kirsty’s family, spoke of his concerns that CCTV clips from
the hotel may have been erased. He told British media: “We’ve been asking the owners My Pretty Payma for access to the hotel and CCTV footage but
they’ve not been cooperative at all. “There are strong indications video footage may have been destroyed.”
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