John Hardy, 37, was due to come home to Belfast, Northern Ireland, from Benidorm on December 18, but his sister said she has not heard from him at all since he missed his flight
The distraught family of a father-of-two has launched a desperate plea for information that could lead to the Brit after he missed a flight to spend the Christmas period with his children.
John Hardy, 37, was reported missing on December 18 when he missed his flight home from Benidorm, Spain, to spend the festive season with his sons, aged 13 and six, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He reportedly been holidaying at a friend’s home in Alicante and left to meet friends in the nearby Brit holiday hotspot.
He hasn’t been seen or heard from since and his “worried sick” sister Courtney George is desperate for information. She said the unemployed Belfast native wouldn’t usually go 48 hours without speaking to her, but it has now been nine days without a word from him.
The pharmacy assistant, who had planned to welcome John for Christmas dinner, said “all his kids want for Christmas is for him to come home”. She has set up a GoFundMe account that has amassed more than £8,900 of donations, with the situation leaving her feeling like “setting her tree on fire and running away from this nightmare”.
Courtney, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, said: “I have to have Christmas for my own kids but I would happily set my tree on fire and run away from this nightmare. We’ve lost a family member recently and he was really upset and thought he needed a holiday. His youngest is very confused and the 13-year-old has seen everything on social media and is very distressed. They love their daddy.
“All they want for Christmas is their dad to come home. I haven’t eaten in five days and have been physically sick because it’s been nine days without contact. My brother would never go two days without speaking to me. He was meant to be coming to my house for Christmas dinner and we had our plans made.
“John is missing from Alicante to Benidorm so we need a search party out there to look for him. It’s family time so nobody will be looking for our family when they want to spend it with their own. It’s very urgent because places close and people go on holiday. We already know that we won’t have John for Christmas.”
Mum-of-two Courtney says she can’t believe the amazing support through the GoFundMe, to which people can donate here, from both Belfast and further afield.
A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said: “The Police Service of Northern Ireland received a report on Wednesday, 18th December that a 37-year-old man from Belfast, holidaying in Spain, was believed to be missing. Enquiries are ongoing in conjunction with our international policing partners.”
