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. The 37-year-old father, who was on holiday in Spain,

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,

John George went missing in Spain on 21 December, and his body was discovered in remote farmland earlier this week.

A solicitor representing the family of John George has said that a murder investigation into his death could ‘extend beyond one person’ after the Belfast man’s body was discovered in Spain on Tuesday and a 32-year-old was arrested.