Police are investigating the death of a British pensioner who plunged from a balcony in Thailand.

Cops were called to the D-Beach Hotel in the Thai 'Sin City' Pattaya after the 74-year-old man allegedly fell from the 10th floor on the evening of September 6.

The holidaymaker, from Wales, was found lying face-down in a pool of blood, next to a busy road.

Police blocked the scene with white cloth as they collected evidence from the area.

Phanuthat Thanakasemphakin, a Pattaya Special Affairs officer, said he was working around 20ft away when he heard a loud bang 'like a transformer explosion'.