A British woman has been arrested in Benidorm after reportedly strangling a friend from the UK with a hoover lead.

The 64-year-old holidaymaker allegedly attacked her friend, 66, during a row in the victim’s home in Rincón de Loix yesterday evening.

A third friend witnessed the incident and phoned the police around midnight.

The alleged killer, who has not been named, confessed after she was arrested by police, according to the local newspaper Levante.

Photographs from the scene today show the door to the home taped up and a mobility scooter outside.

An initial post-mortem has confirmed the victim died of mechanical asphyxiation by strangulation and had marks around her neck. The victim, a neighbour told Levante, was a ‘very kind and pleasant woman’ who they often saw walking her dog

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