ISSUE NO. 1552 // 2 - 8 APRIL 2015
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British couple found shot dead at home
By Jam Gamm FORMER British Olympic diver and retired engineer Peter David Tarsey and his wife Jean, both 77, were found shot dead, lying in each other’s arms at their Costa Blanca villa on Sunday. The couple had not been seen for several days. A friend of the couple, a local estate agent who prefers not to be named, went to the house when she was unable to contact them and found their bodies. “The Tarseys were my closest friends,” she said, “I still can’t really believe it.” A Guardia Civil spokesman said the Tarseys were shot with a small calibre weapon and were lying on the lounge
sofa in their Jalon home. Shell casings were scattered on the floor. The deaths are being treated as homicide subject to postmortem examinations. It is possible the couple had been dead since Friday March 27. No gunshots had been heard. A television was missing from the house and the safe had been unsuccess-
fully tampered with. A computer was found in the swimming pool. The Tarseys’ pet dog, Domino,
was found wandering about the house. Jean Tarsey did a lot of work for local charities. David Tarsey (he preferred to use his middle name) was a familiar face in Jalon’s popular Alleluya Bar. A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: “We can confirm the death of two British nationals in Alicante, Spain. We stand ready to provide consular assistance.”