Police car patrol local attending an emergency on the roads of Madrid Spain.

Police car patrol local attending an emergency on the roads of Madrid Spain.

Ralph Riegel and Kevin Galvin

Thu 25 Sep 2025 at 16:06

Spanish police are investigating the death of an Irish woman who is believed to have been strangled with the flex of a vacuum cleaner.

The victim – named in Spain as Catherine ‘Cat’ Peckham (66) – is reportedly originally from Cork.