Overview

• John Fazackerley, 60, drowned in a hotel pool in Paphos on May 25 while playing with his grandchildren hours before his son’s wedding.
• Resort staff struggled to locate or operate a defibrillator and an ambulance arrived about 15 minutes later.
• Hospital personnel demanded John’s passport details, which were inaccessible because the document was locked in the hotel safe.
• The family has raised over £5,000 on GoFundMe but say bureaucratic delays, lack of empathy from officials and unclear postmortem procedures have stalled repatriation.
• Despite the tragedy, Sean and his wife Vicky held their ceremony as planned and honoured John with a tribute featuring his photograph beside an ice bucket of beer.