The decision follows a number of landslips and mudslides in the county, including one in Lyme Regis in December which left a beach chalet dangling over the edge of a cliff.

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Originally from Milan, she and her husband bought a plot of land near La Playita beach and in 2006 built Chalet Tropical: three two-storey thatched-roof bungalows, handcrafted by locals with wood interiors and stone bathrooms.

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They could be staring at Bloomberg screens or reviewing portfolio company spreadsheets on a yacht floating just off a picturesque beach in the Seychelles or at their ski chalet in Corchaval.

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Phone records show Mr Martin took a call at 5.06am (local time) in the Jolly Beach area, within a few hundred yards of where the couple's chalet.

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