{"id":213850,"date":"2023-08-31T00:54:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=213850"},"modified":"2023-08-31T00:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:54:47","slug":"royal-navy-rugby-player-found-dead-in-france-fell-from-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/royal-navy-rugby-player-found-dead-in-france-fell-from-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Navy rugby player found dead in France &apos;fell from height&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>British armed forces rugby player found dead during competition in France fell from a rocky height along the coast, prosecutor says<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Body of Royal Navy man, 29, found on coastline of Dinard, Brittany<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A member of the British armed forces who died in France after travelling to the country for an international rugby tournament fell from a height in an apparent accident, according to French prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The player was reported missing on Tuesday in the town of Dinard, a popular seaside resort in Brittany in northern France.<\/p>\n<p>At around the same time that his disappearance was reported to police,\u00a0his body was discovered\u00a0on a rocky stretch of coastline.<\/p>\n<p>His name has not been released &#8211; but the UK Armed Forces Rugby team (UKAF) has confirmed that he was a serving member of the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy was conducted on Wednesday and French authorities believe that the man had been drinking before tragedy struck.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74895031-0-image-a-8_1693433095673.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the coastline in Dinard, Brittany, France on Tuesday after the body of a British man was found nearby<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74895631-0-image-a-9_1693433932793.jpg\" height=\"832\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The UK Armed Forces Rugby team said it was helping French authorities with their investigation into the man&#8217;s death<\/p>\n<p>French news outlet Ouest France reports that the man was 29 years old.<\/p>\n<p>While prosecutors have not drawn a conclusive picture of what happened in the hours before his death, prosecutors say that he suffered several fractures that suggested he fell from height.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local prosecutor Fabrice Tremel said: &#8216;Questioning of several witnesses and video surveillance images show the victim was behaving, on the night of August 28, in a way that suggested he was quite drunk.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the injuries sustained by the player were &#8216;in line with a fall of several metres.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tremel concluded: &#8216;At the current stage of investigation the most likely scenario is an accidental fall.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Wednesday, UKAF confirmed that it was cooperating with French investigators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We can confirm the death of a member of the Naval Service representing the UKAF Squad in Brittany, France,&#8217; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our thoughts and sympathy are with their family and friends and their next of kin have been informed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As we assist with the French authorities in their investigations we are unable to comment further.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Two team coaches confirmed the identity of the player, whose team is based in Dinard during the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The World Defence Rugby competition &#8211; also known as the World Military Rugby Championship &#8211; brings together military teams from 12 allied nations.<\/p>\n<p>The championship is being played in 26 Brittany venues until September 10, and features 500 players and staff.<\/p>\n<p>In their most recent match, Britain beat Spain in the final group-stage encounter and go on to play Fiji in the semi-final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12463393\/British-armed-forces-rugby-player-dead-France.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British armed forces rugby player found dead during competition in France fell from a rocky height along the coast, prosecutor says Body of Royal Navy man, 29, found on coastline of Dinard, Brittany A member of the British armed forces who died in France after travelling to the country for an international rugby tournament fell from a height in an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Royal Navy rugby player found dead in France &amp;apos;fell from height&amp;apos; 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