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27/01/2010
UK Haiti Victim Named
Authorities in Haiti have confirmed that a body pulled from the rubble is that of British woman Ann Barnes.
Ms Barnes, 59, worked for the United Nations in the country's capital Port-au-Prince.
She is believed to have been inside the organisation's headquarters when a massive earthquake struck the region on 12 January.
Several attempts had been made to trace Ms Barnes, who was from Essex.
She is the second confirmed Briton to die in the natural disaster, which has left thousands of Haitians dead and many more homeless.
The Foreign Office confirmed Ms Barnes death today. She was the personal assistant to the UN police commissioner on the island, having worked in Haiti for more than two years.
Her family back in the UK has been informed.
Frederick Wooldridge, 41, from Kent, was also killed in the quake. He had been in the country as a senior political affairs and planning officer.
(PR/BMcC)
Ms Barnes, 59, worked for the United Nations in the country's capital Port-au-Prince.
She is believed to have been inside the organisation's headquarters when a massive earthquake struck the region on 12 January.
Several attempts had been made to trace Ms Barnes, who was from Essex.
She is the second confirmed Briton to die in the natural disaster, which has left thousands of Haitians dead and many more homeless.
The Foreign Office confirmed Ms Barnes death today. She was the personal assistant to the UN police commissioner on the island, having worked in Haiti for more than two years.
Her family back in the UK has been informed.
Frederick Wooldridge, 41, from Kent, was also killed in the quake. He had been in the country as a senior political affairs and planning officer.
(PR/BMcC)
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