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.

Family of missing Belfast man John George say his body has been found in Spain. Belfast Telegraph's Allison Morris reports.

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.

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 today

Discovery of body on Tuesday afternoon ends weeks of searching in Spain for missing Belfast man feared lured to his death on the Costa Blanca

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.

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