Billy George, whose son John, had been on holiday in Alicante when he went missing last month, said he would have stayed if John's body had not been found.

The family of missing Belfast man John George say they are ‘distressed and relieved’ after a body was found in Spain. A statement from KRW Law said Mr George’s father contacted them shortly after 5pm to say that Spanish police believe they have found his son’s remains.

The search for John George, a 37-year-old father-of-two from Belfast, has ended in tragedy with the discovery of his body in Spain. Known to his friends and family as John Hardy, George had been missing since December after failing to return from a trip to Algeciras,

Police in Spain have been given another 72 hours to question a 32-year-old man they arrested earlier this week.

Sharon George said her son John's involvement in criminality worried her The mother of west Belfast man John George said her son became addicted to drugs after he went to prison as a teenager which led him into more criminality.

John George’s family joined volunteers in the search for the 37-year-old before a body was discovered in Rojales on 7 January

The family of a west Belfast man feared murdered in Spain say they are returning home on Friday “broken” and expressed frustration over the investigation into his death. A body discovered near the town of Rojales in Alicante on Tuesday has been formally identified as that of 37-year-old John George.