Wife, 25, of British businessman, 47, who died on holiday 'cleared out' couple's shared home 'within weeks'
The Moroccan wife of a British businessman who died while on holiday reportedly 'cleared out' the home they shared 'within weeks' of his death.
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Allen McKenna died after he collapsed while on holiday in Casablanca in February with Moroccan girlfriend, Majda Mjaoual, 25.
According to his girlfriend, the father-of-two suffered a heart attack and she had him buried two days later, but has allegedly not stated where.
It's now been claimed that his wife emptied their £2,000-a-month rented Yorkshire home of all contents within weeks of his death.
According to neighbours of the couple, Ms McKenna, who reportedly inherited the businessman's entire fortune, called in family members to help clear their Harrogate home two weeks ago.
Friends of Mr McKenna, who was based in Adelaide, Australia, have said they believe the circumstances of his death were "unusual". Friends say they not seen any death certificate or report from a coroner.
According to the MailOnline, neighbours claim the couple's possessions were taken away by two removal vans with foreign number plates.
"We saw that the house was up for rent and we just stopped seeing Allen," a neighbour said.
"'I thought they'd split up because we stopped seeing him."
On February 28, less than a week after the businessman's body was eventually seen by his father, the property was marketed to let.
Following his death, a friend of Allen told MailOnline: “There is a lot of animosity between Allen’s father and Majda. The will names Majda as the sole beneficiary.
“This all boils down to Allen converting to Islam which didn’t go down well with his father, his mother was OK, but Alan just didn’t agree with it.
“Some of the messages he got from his dad were awful. The thing is his father and mother have both been to Morocco to see her family.”
Australia's 9 News revealed his death is being investigated by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs after concerned family members raised the alarm.
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Mr McKenna's father, Alan McKenna, has described the situation as "soul destroying". He told Australia's 9 News: "He deserves better. He deserves to come back here to South Australia and then all the family can have closure.
"It's just unbelievable. [Ms Mjaoual's] not answering any messages, phone calls, texts - nothing. I just want my lad back."
Close friend Mark Parsons, who has know Mr McKenna for 35 years, also told 9 News: "I still don't want it to be true. I'll never have a friend like Allen again."
Mr McKenna was raised in Harrogate before later studying at University of South Australia. At the time of his death, he was running a brewery and two other companies based in the UK.
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs are reportedly working with both the Moroccan and UK embassies.
North Yorkshire Police and Interpol are also said to be investigating.