'Nightmare' for family of man who died in Malta fall

Kieran Thomas Hughes was on holiday with friends when he fell at a hotel

The family of a 25-year-old who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Malta say they are "living in a nightmare".

Kieran Thomas Hughes, from Gwynedd, was on holiday with friends when he fell at a hotel on the east of the Mediterranean island at Triq Spinola, St Julian's, on Friday.

"He was a special son and twin brother," his father Alan Hughes told Newyddion S4C, adding "the situation is unbelievable".

North Wales Police said it was "assisting in supporting the man's family and liaising with the foreign office," and that the coroner has been notified.

Kieran lived in Nant Gwynant and worked as a software engineer at the M-Sparc Science Park in Gaerwen, Anglesey.

A former pupil at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon, he also studied engineering at Bangor University.

Police were called to a hotel in St Julian's, Malta on Friday morning

Keiran's family want him to be remembered as "happy, loving and full of life".

Alan Hughes added the family's priority was to "work with the authorities in Malta to bring Kieran back home to Wales".

He said they were "extremely grateful" for the hundreds of messages they've received, and that the "community around them has been incredible".

Kieran's family want him to be remembered as "happy, loving and full of life"

Maltese police were called to the Cavalieri Art Hotel just after 04:00 local time on Friday and Keiran was pronounced dead at the scene.

The local MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Liz Saville Roberts, said: "It was clear that he had a very bright career ahead of him.

"In such circumstances everyone's hearts go out to the family as they face such a tragedy."