The family of the couple who were found dead beside a hot tub at a luxury villa in Spain have spoken out for the first time.
Thomasina Tobin, 51, died while attempting to save her husband, 48-year-old Patrick, after he became stuck underwater in the tub where they were holidaying in Colina del Sol, Valencia, Spanish police believe.
The couple, who lived and worked in London for several years, were staying at the gated complex – which forms part of the Cap Blanc residential estate in Cullera – when their bodies were discovered by their two teenage sons on August 25 at approximately 5pm.
The two boys, aged 14 and 16, who are understood to have special needs, searched the villa for their parents before finding them close to the hot tub on the lowest floor and raising the alarm with a neighbour.
In a death notice published today, the family of the couple said the 'sudden and tragic passing' of Mrs Tobin, from Co Monaghan in Ireland, and her 'beloved husband Patrick (Paddy)', originally from Wellington, New Zealand, was being announced with 'profound sadness'.
