ROATAN, Honduras (26 Aug 2008) — A PADI scuba diving instructor was jailed after a 23-year-old Dutch woman died on holiday in Roatan, Honduras. Dan Ross, 30, a dual British and Australian national, was incarcerated in Coxen Hole jail on Roatan after a late-night drinking spree led to the death of Mariska Mast, a 23-year-old Dutch woman on holiday in Honduras. Ross told police Mast suddenly collapsed in his bathroom after they had been out drinking in a Roatan bar. Instead of immediately taking Mast to hospital, Ross and a Korean woman with whom he was living kept her in their apartment. Ross told authorities he noticed she stopped breathing after about two hours and started CPR. Unable to revive the victim, Ross finally took her to hospital and then returned to his apartment where he and his housekeeper "cleaned up the mess". British officials in Honduras said an autopsy was "inconclusive" and it is not yet clear whether police will charge Ross. Ross allegedly arrived on Roatan last March and may have been working illegally for Coconut Tree Divers, a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center co-owned by British expat P J Rowntree. | 
