KRW statement on George Family meeting with PSNI

We act on behalf of the family of John George deceased.

Today we met with PSNI together with the family to discuss the latest out workings of the Spanish authorities investigation into the killing of Mr George.

We are pleased to report that assurances were given on maintaining levels of communication with Spanish Police to access key information on the current status of their investigation.

The most important issue right now for the family is when their sons body will be returned back to Belfast.

To date despite the recovery of johns remains almost one week ago it remains unclear as to when the autopsy will be concluded. Importantly police confirmed today they will make enquiries towards seeing if it’s possible to have a second postmortem report on the deceased. The family feel very strongly about that so the assurances given on enquiries this afternoon are very welcome.

We have also learned that police will assist as far as possible in the investigation of any links of suspects and persons of interest in Belfast. In doing so PSNI stress again that this is an extra jurisdictional investigation so any steps of a proactive nature must – unless anything changes – be taken upon direction of the Spanish to police.

The key message from todays meeting is the undertaking given by police to the family that they will act as an information conduit with the Spanish.

To date the family have been very frustrated with what they see as a communication deficit with the Spanish. To that end anything that can help address this information gap has to be welcomed.