Mountain fall victim dies

A BRITISH grandmother has died after falling down a steep embankment in a mountain vineyard in Cyprus and lying trapped for four days.

Pauline Pidcock, 64, was on a day trip while on holiday in Paphos with her husband Bob.

The retired maths teacher, who suffered from epilepsy, vanished last Wednesday after staying on a coach while the rest of her party visited the village of Omodos 50 miles from Nicosia.

Rescue teams, friends and relatives launched a massive search. She was found on Saturday after a vineyard worker heard cries.

Mrs Pidcock, from Plymouth in Devon, regained consciousness in hospital but then her condition deteriorated.

Doctors believe she may have suffered a heart attack or organ failure due to dehydration.

Mr Pidcock and their daughter Emily were at her hospital bedside in Limassol when she died yesterday.