Man who died in Malta balcony fall named by police

A 25-year-old man from Gwynedd who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Malta has been named by police.

Officers were called to the hotel in St Julian’s, a town on the east of the island, in the early hours of Friday.

A medical team attended the scene at Triq Spinola but Kieran Thomas Hughes, from Bangor, died at the scene.

Malta Police said its investigations were ongoing.

Member of the Senedd Sian Gwenllian, who represents Arfon, said in a statement that the man’s death was “truly devastating”.

“The pain his family must be experiencing is unimaginable. My thoughts, and those of the people of Gwynedd, are with them in their grief,” she said.