Fifth British tourist dies on summer holiday in Ibiza

A British tourist has drowned in Ibiza - the fifth young UK holidaymaker to die on the island this summer.

Christopher Barrington, 31, was pulled unconscious from the swimming pool at Hotel Puchet, in the party resort of San Antonio, at 4.30pm yesterday.

Paramedics tried to revive him but could not save his life.

Mr Barrington was not a guest at the Puchet, a 212-room, three-star hotel. He was staying at the nearby Hotel S'Anfora and it is not known why he was in the pool.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard, which is investigating the death, said: "A 31-year-old British tourist died in a hotel swimming pool on Tuesday afternoon. We believe he drowned. We are waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination. At this stage we do not know what caused him to drown."

On August 1, Barry Hesford, 21, from Craigend, Glasgow, drowned in the pool of Aparthotel THB Bahia in the same resort, in similar circumstances.

He was pulled from the pool unconscious and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Three Britons have died on the Spanish island this summer after falling from balconies. Samuel McCaughey, 23, fell 20ft from his holiday apartment on July 29.

Roberto Marcuccio, 24, died after falling 30ft from a hotel balcony in San Jose on July 1.

And Jodie Taylor, 25, plunged from the third floor of the Hotel Galera in San Antonio on July 23.