{"id":77565,"date":"2025-05-05T22:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T22:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/77565\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T22:27:11","slug":"police-launch-murder-probe-after-holidaymaker-dies-on-cruise-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/77565\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch murder probe after holidaymaker dies on cruise ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the holidaymaker died on board the MSC Virtuosa<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_JS341823538.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>MSC Virtuosa, part of the MSC Cruises fleet<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police have launched a murder probe after a 60-year-old man died on a cruise ship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The holidaymaker&#8217;s death reportedly happened following a suspected fight on board the MSC Virtuosa at around 8.30pm on Saturday, May 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The ship, which was heading to Belgium, had left Southampton&#8217;s port just hours prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/show-off-park-murder-ringleader-31527413\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">&#8216;Show-off&#8217; park murder ringleader entered UK illegally after being deported<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746484031_896_0_JS341823538.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>MSC Virtuosa, part of the MSC Cruises fleet<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 57-yeart-old man from Exeter was arrested on suspicion of murder when the ship was forced to return to the port city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He remained in custody today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The holidaymaker&#8217;s next of kin have been informed and were being supported by specialist police officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/JcXF3MxQGZs3GoiEA8W2fn\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detective Chief Inspector Matt Gillooly of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said: &#8220;We want to reassure you that this appears to be an isolated incident on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We want to thank the crew for their cooperation and assistance with our enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;If anyone who was on board has information that could assist, please contact Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary on 101 with reference 44250193676.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> reported that a spokesperson for MSC Cruises said it was &#8220;cooperating fully&#8221; with detectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement, it said: &#8220;Following an incident on board our ship, the relevant authorities were contacted and we are cooperating fully with their investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are providing full support to those impacted.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the holidaymaker died on board the MSC VirtuosaMSC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,378,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-77565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-in-the-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114457584782893280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}