Mystery as British sailor 'found dead in sea with head injury' off Greek coast

The man's body was found off Spetses in Greece. (Image: Getty) The death of a British sailor found dead off a Greek island is "puzzling" - local authorities have said. Authorities believe the 44-year-old man was almost certainly unconscious before he hit the water.

The man's body was found "floating in the sea" in the old port area of Spetses, the Mirror reports. In an update, the coastguard said the man, who has not been identified, had suffered "a hit" to the left-hand side of the head before he ended up in the sea. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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