A postmortem conducted on the body of the late accountant of Senegambia Beach Hotel reveals that the deceased died of a heart failure, the Daily Observer can reveal.

Peter Sumpton, a British, was found dead on May 21 at around 8:40 am in his room at Senegambia.

Sources told the Daily Observer that a report on the body of the deceased was reportedly sent to the police, who escorted the body to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul. The postmortem was triggered by a request from the bereaved family in an attempt to establish circumstances surrounding the death.