Tragic father acted as peacemaker

THE innocent Irish father-of-two who was brutally gunned down after a Spanish pub row escalated out of control only joined the argument as a peacemaker.

Witnesses to the tragic Wednesday morning murder of 40-year-old John O’Neill from Coolock in Dublin have confirmed the plasterer had attempted to calm the situation before he was shot.

It is understood the 3am row at Coco’s bar in the Arroyo de la Miel area of Benalmadena on the Costa del Sol began when a British man, believed to be from Liverpool, became irate at having to wait for a toilet cubicle to become available.