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Grandmother found dead in Tunisia | Grandmother found dead in Tunisia |
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A man has been arrested after a British grandmother was found dead while on holiday in a Tunisian resort. | A man has been arrested after a British grandmother was found dead while on holiday in a Tunisian resort. |
Pauline Richardson, 64, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, was found dead on Tuesday in Port Elkantaoui, Durham Police confirmed. | Pauline Richardson, 64, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, was found dead on Tuesday in Port Elkantaoui, Durham Police confirmed. |
A Tunisian man has been arrested in connection with her death. | A Tunisian man has been arrested in connection with her death. |
A Durham Police spokesman said Mrs Richardson, a widow, was a regular visitor to the country and had been on holiday with friends. | A Durham Police spokesman said Mrs Richardson, a widow, was a regular visitor to the country and had been on holiday with friends. |
He said: "Durham Police are liaising with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and providing support for her family. | He said: "Durham Police are liaising with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and providing support for her family. |
"A stunned family are trying to come to terms with the death of a loved one in Tunisia." | |
She just wanted to enjoy life to the full and enjoy her family - the news of her death has come as a dreadful shock Beverley Sains, Mrs Richardson's daughter | |
Mrs Richardson's daughter, Beverley Sains, also from Bishop Auckland, paid tribute to her mother. | |
She said: "She was a lovely person, bubbly, friendly, caring to everyone, just so full of life. We are at a complete loss as to why this should have happened." | |
Mrs Richardson spent her time mainly between a home in Spain and her Durham home and liked to take her grandchildren Richard, 22, and Natalie, 10, on holiday. | |
Mrs Sains added: "She loved the warm weather because it helped her arthritis. A couple of years ago she struck up a friendship with two women and, as a group, they began visiting Tunisia. | |
"She just wanted to enjoy life to the full and enjoy her family. The news of her death has come as a dreadful shock." |
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