The family of an Irishman allegedly murdered in Spain have said he will be "very sadly missed".
Irish dad-of-two John Pender, 53, from Shankill, Co Dublin , died from stab wounds after an unprovoked attack in a pub toilet in Fuengirola, near Malaga, in the early hours of Friday, June 21.
Leigh Anthony Gardiner, a 49-year-old chef, appeared in court in the resort at the weekend after being arrested on suspicion of murdering the popular Irish charity worker.
Gardiner, who is from the UK, was remanded in prison pending an ongoing criminal probe.
He was detained after allegedly attacking Mr Pender with two broken bottles while he was using the loo at the Pogs Old Irish Rock Pub.
Police said the Irishman was attacked after politely asking the suspect to stop bothering his wife and the partner of a friend he was with.
Mr Pender was on holiday with his wife Caroline McGuigan, founder of charity Suicide or Survive, and their two children Conor, 21, and 18-year-old Amy who were not in the pub at the time.
Mr Pender, a qualified acupuncturist who trained in China, was on the board of his wife’s charity.
A post on Irish obituary site rip.ie over the weekend read: "PENDER John (tragically and suddenly while on holidays in Spain) (late of Shankill, Dublin 18, and formerly of St. Fintan’s Villas, Deansgrange) June 21st, 2019.
"Beloved husband of Caroline (McGuigan) and loving dad of Conor and Amy, son of Sean and the late Bernadette.
"He will be very sadly missed by his loving and heartbroken wife, children, dad, brother Stephen, sister Christine, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts, nephews nieces, relatives, neighbours and a large circle of friends.
"Funeral arrangements to be finalised, please re-check RIP.IE on Tuesday June 25th, 2019."
