A British chef facing trial for the savage Costa del Sol murder of an Irish holidaymaker has been found dead in his jail cell.
Prison wardens discovered Leigh Anthony Gardiner lying lifeless on his bed. The 51-year-old was put on suicide watch after his June 2019 arrest for the murder of John Pender at an Irish pub in the popular resort of Fuengirola.
Acupuncturist dad-of-two John, from Shankill in south Co Dublin, was attacked with two broken bottles after asking his alleged killer to stop pestering his charity boss wife Caroline McGuigan and the partner of a pal he was with.
Gardiner, a chef at a well-known Costa del Sol hotel resort, was being held at Alhaurin de la Torre prison near Malaga ahead of his trial.
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