A body, believed to be missing Belfast man John George, has been found in Spain. The 37-year-old father-of-two, also known as John Hardy, disappeared while holidaying in Alicante. He was last in touch with his loved ones on 14 December and was reported missing four days later after he failed to board his flight home.

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,

A body has been found in Spain twenty four days after a West Belfast man was first reported missing. John George, also known as John Hardy, from the Twinbrook area, was reported missing after he missed his flight home from Alicante on December 18.

Belfast Telegraph's Allison Morris reports.

John George, also known as John Hardy, from West Belfast, first travelled to Alicante in Spain at the beginning of December and last made contact with his family on December 14

The solicitor for the family of John George, also known as Hardy, said the victim's father Billy George had received a call from Spanish detectives around 5pm on Tuesday

SPANISH police believe they have found the body of missing father-of-two John George. Authorities in Alicante, on the Costa Blanca, are now treating the

John George, also known as John Hardy, was reported missing on December 18 after failing to catch a flight home from Spain where he had gone to visit friends three weeks earlier

The family of a Belfast man, missing presumed murdered in Spain, say the authorities there have told them that they have recovered his body.