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.

Dad-of-two John George went missing while in Spain just before Christmas. Also known as John Hardy, the west Belfast man did not board his return flight to Belfast from Alicante airport on December 18 as intended.

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 who was 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.