EXCLUSIVE

BY JANE HAMILTON Crime Reporter missed so much.” A Spanish National Police spokesman said: “We received an emergency call at around 3.15am on Friday.

“Police arrived at the scene to find two people trying to assist another who was lying on the ground. He was confirmed dead shortly afterwards.

“What we know from witnesses is that there had been a fight moments earlier, apparently between British nationals who were on holiday like the dead man, who was also a tourist.”

A well-placed source added: “We have to be cautious at the moment because the cause of death is not yet known.

“The autopsy will hopefully establish why this man died and whether it was the result of a blow or a heart attack or something else.”

Calle Gerona crosses Mallorca Street, where an innocent British holidaymaker was among three people shot last July after he was caught up in a gang war between North African drug dealers and criminals from Eastern Europe. Beachcomber, the bar where two workers were stabbed on February 24 after they tried to stop a fight between two Brits, is also on Mallorca Street. One male suspect, from Glasgow, was remanded in custody over the stabbing. A second man, also thought to be Scottish, was released on bail. Last night, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said they were providing assistance.