Spanish authorities urged to do more to support Kirsty Maxwell family

The Spanish authorities are being urged to do more to support the family of tragic Livingston woman Kirsty Maxwell.

The 27-year-old died after falling from a balcony while on a hen do in Benidorm last April.

Spanish police continue to probe whether foul play was involved in her death. Five British men were previously questioned about her death but all deny any wrongdoing.

Since then the family, including Kirsty's new husband Adam Maxwell, have fought to find answers as to what led to her passing.

They are now campaigning for her clothes from the night of her death to be traced, with hopes of it leading to new evidence.

Livingston MP Hannah Bardell has written to the Ministry of Interior in Spain calling more collaboration between the two parties. She says she has yet to recieve a response.

David Swindle is an independent reviewer working with the family. He told Forth News: "This is the start of 2018 and Kirsty's family have been asking so many questions and one in particular, a very important thing, where is Kirsty's clothing? That has not been answered.

"This was treated as a homicide investigation and from my experience clothing from a victim is very important, it holds clues. But despite numerous requests from the family and social media appeals they do not have the answer.

"There is no information and that is over eight months now since Kirsty died. It is really sad that they are having to cope with the death of a loved one but also grapple with a system that is not providing them any information."