Fatal fall of tourist in Malta

A 41-year-old woman died after falling from a hotel balcony while on holiday with her family in Malta, it emerged yesterday.

A 41-year-old woman died after falling from a hotel balcony while on holiday with her family in Malta, it emerged yesterday.

Ms Linda Hampton, of Ashbourne Park, Lisburn, had been on holiday with her husband, two of her three children, and her parents.

She suffered an epileptic fit on the balcony of the San Anton hotel and fell over a railing to her death, a police spokesman said.

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