Radio ham's death 'fixing mast'

Mr Wright had lived in Malta for five years

A radio enthusiast died after a fall from a ladder, while apparently working on an aerial mast at his retirement home on a Mediterranean island.

Alan Wright, 71, orginally from Wrexham, is reported to have fallen three storeys down a shaft in Malta.

It is understood Mr Wright had been working on an aerial at the time of the incident.

The Foreign Office said next of kin had been informed and an investigation into the death was continuing.

According to reports in the English language Times of Malta newspaper, Mr Wright had been attempting to fix a radio mast on 22 January.

Police sources told the paper that it appeared the pensioner had fallen from the ladder into a shaft, dropping three floors onto the roof of another residence.

It is understood that Mr Wright retired to Malta five years ago, but had only recently moved into the property in Rabat, on the west of the island.

A post-mortem examination has taken place in Malta and an investigation into the death is continuing.