Relatives face delay over release of body of Irishman shot dead in Spain

THE family of Irishman John O’Neill fear his body will not be returned to Ireland for weeks because it is part of an ongoing Spanish police investigation.

Mr O’Neill’s sister Sharon, speaking on the eve of the now-postponed wedding that the 40-year-old father-of-two had travelled to Spain to attend, said grieving relatives were concerned there may be no way to avoid the delay.

The innocent plasterer – who was shot twice outside Coco’s bar in the Arroyo de la Miel area of Benalmadena at 3am on Wednesday – had been on holiday with his partner Maxine, three-year-old son Jake and nine-month-old daughter Jasmine, when the incident occurred.