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,

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.

A man arrested for the murder of John George has been granted bail.

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.

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