British tourist, 22, drowns off Ibiza beach after late-night swim
British tourist, 22, drowns off Ibiza beach after late-night swim
A BRITISH youth has been found dead in the sea off an Ibiza beach after going for a late-night swim, emergency services have just reported.
Identified as 22-year-old Tom Jarvis, on holiday from Romford in Essex, UK, the deceased had been with a group of friends at around 21.00hrs on Friday when he decided to go for a dip.
Tom failed to reappear after disappearing under the water in the Cala des Moró in Sant Antoni de Portmany (San Antonio).
His friends raised the alarm immediately, and a search went on all night long.
Coastguard and Red Cross workers and the Guardia Civil combed the area, and finally found Tom's body at around 09.00hrs on Saturday morning.
The news was not released until yesterday, in order to give time to the Consulate to contact his family and for a post-mortem to be arranged.
Tributes have flooded in for the popular young man on Facebook, with one friend calling him 'a true legend' and lamenting that 'the best people' are always 'taken too early', whilst another said Tom had been 'a lovely and genuine guy'.
Tom's brother Billy thanked everyone for the messages and said it was a comfort 'to see how loved and popular' Tom had been, signing it off: "Love you always brother xxxxx."
