GETTY A British woman was found dead on a beach in Spain due to unknown circumstaces

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The 56-year-old was discovered on the shoreline at the beach in the town of Mojacar - home of the late Great Train Robber Gordon Goody - around 10am on Saturday. A local enjoying a morning stroll called police after making the gruesome discovery. It was unclear today how the unnamed Brit had died because although a post-mortem is understood to have taken place over the weekend, the results have not been made public.

GETTY The cause of death is unknown as the coroners report was not released

The local Civil Guard confirmed the dead woman named Lyn Davis was British.

There were no apparent signs of violence on her body Civil Guard spokesperson

She is understood to have been staying in a nearby beach-front hotel. A Civil Guard spokesman said: “There were no apparent signs of violence on her body.” A court in the nearby town of Vera is now coordinating an investigation into how the woman met her death and will re-involve police if they receive any information pointing to foul play.

GETTY There were no signs of physical violence on her body