A 57-year-old British man has been found dead at a Costa del Sol marina after a member of the public spotted his lifeless body floating in the water

A 57-year-old British man has been found dead at a Costa del Sol marina. The man's body was pulled out of the water at Benalmadena leisure port, called Puerto Marina, after it was spotted by a horrified passer-by.

A spokesman for National Police in Malaga said: “There were no obvious signs of violence on the body or at the scene but we are awaiting autopsy results still.”

An investigating magistrate has been placed in charge of an ongoing probe into the incident. It was not immediately clear whether the man lived locally or was on holiday, and investigators said they were not in a position to say whether he owned a boat in the marina.

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