Woman badly hurt in fall from third-floor hotel balcony on 30th birthday trip to Greece

Mixed · 2Denby McLaren, from Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, was badly injured after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony while on holiday in Greece celebrating her 30th birthday with her mother. 1 2 Right · 1The Daily Mail places the fall in Rhodes; the Daily Mirror says only Greece. 2 Mixed · 2She suffered a broken vertebra, multiple broken bones in her foot and other injuries, and had spent four days in hospital in Greece by the time the fundraiser's appeal was written. 1 2

Mixed · 2A fundraiser set up for her says she needs specialist repatriation by air ambulance, travelling on a stretcher with medical assistance throughout. The Mail says her partner, Craig Anderson, set it up and wrote the appeal. 1 2 Mixed · 2The Mail reports she faces a £10,000 medical bill in Greece. The Mirror does not give a bill figure and says only that the repatriation cost adds strain. 2 1 Mixed · 2The fundraiser had passed £10,700 by the Mirror's report and £11,000 by the Mail's later one. On Monday Mr Anderson thanked donors and said the family hoped to bring her home soon. 1 2

Mixed · 2Neither article says how she came to fall, and neither quotes hospital staff, hotel staff or authorities. Both rely on the family's fundraising appeal. 1 2