Tory aide dies on Greek island stag week
A CONSERVATIVE aide died on his stag do in Greece after suffering head injuries in a fall just three weeks before his wedding.
Ben Davies, 32, was deputy chief of staff for the Conservative group sitting in the Welsh Government.
The Oxford University graduate had been due to marry fiancée Emily Russ later this month.
He had travelled to Mykonos with six friends for a stag week, but suffered a fall and spent a week in a coma.
Miss Russ, 31, from Carrickfergus, flew to his beside and posted on Facebook: “The boy is a fighter! Probably one of the main reasons why I love him so much!” But Mr Davies, from Cardiff died on Sunday.
A friend of the pair said: “It’s heartbreaking, they were meant for each other and were getting married in three weeks’ time.
“It was all arranged, now they are making plans to bring him back for a funeral.”
Mr Davies worked as an adviser for the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 General Election, but he later volunteered for the Conservatives in London before landing a job with the Tory party in the Welsh Assembly Government.
Vincent Bailey, a colleague, said: “He will be impossible to forget or replace. He was a good friend and it’s just terribly sad.”