A British man has been found dead in a Benidorm hospital after a freak accident. Pete Jackson, 54, suffocated after becoming trapped in a gap filled with electrical cables between a patio wall and a metal platform at the IMED Levante Hospital.
Police believe the expat may have been trying to recover personal belongings when he got stuck upside down with no way out. An autopsy confirmed suffocation as the cause of death, ruling out initial suspicions of electrocution.
Mr Jackson had lived and worked in Benidorm for nearly three years with his wife, Shirley Ebbs. He had discharged himself from the hospital on February 7 while still on medication. His body was later found on the sixth floor of the hospital.
His wife raised the alarm after finishing work and discovering he was not in his room. A missing poster described him as frail and disorientated. In a Facebook post, Ms Ebbs said: 'It is with a heavy heart that I share an update on Pete Jackson. Pete has been located, but unfortunately, he has been found deceased.'
