Cordelia Plummer and partner Ian Waller were struck down with a gastric illness during their holiday. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Nearly 1,000 British holidaymakers are taking legal action after being struck down with severe gastric illnesses while staying at luxury hotels in Cape Verde. A whopping 926 people have come forward over the last three years to say they fell seriously ill after visiting the island on what should have been dream trips.
Many of them were left hospitalised as a result of their symptoms after their five-star breaks turned into 'holidays from hell'. Since 2022, hundreds of people reported falling ill with serious illnesses such as Shigella and Salmonella at seven different hotels across the island, reports Hull Live. Among them, included a newlywed couple on a honeymoon, a man who was so ill he fell unconscious on the flight home and a beauty therapist who doctors initially feared was suffering a stroke.
Cordelia Plummer, 56 from Shard End, Birmingham, and partner Ian Waller, 56 from Kingston-Upon-Hull, are two of a new group of holidaymakers to contact lawyers. Both were struck down with serious gastric illness during a two-week stay at the Riu Cabo Verde hotel in Sal, Cape Verde. The holiday, taken between July 12-27 this year, was booked via tour operator TUI,.