The tenth victim in the Jersey apartment explosion has been named as 73-year-old pensioner Kathleen McGinness.
Known to friends as Kathy, Ms McGinness lived in a building adjacent to the apartment block which exploded on Saturday December 10.
Chief of police Robin Smith said: "I am in the incredibly sad position of confirming another fatality linked to Haut du Mont. "Kathleen McGinness, 73, who lived at Haut du Mont in an adjacent building to the one which collapsed, passed away in Jersey General Hospital on Christmas Day."Read more: Top row, left to right: Billy Marsden, Raymond 'Raymie' Brown, Peter Bowler. Bottom row, left to right: Derek and Sylvia Ellis, Romeu and Louise De Almeida.Peter Bowler, 72, Raymond Brown, 71, Romeu and Louise De Almeida, 67 and 64, Derek and Sylvia Ellis, 61 and 73, Ken and Jane Ralph, 72 and 71, and 63-year-old Billy Marsden were also confirmed as the victims.
"The island is rightly behind them and on-hand to support, but first and foremost we are there together to give them their privacy and time to grieve."
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