A British man running a scuba diving business on a paradise island has been shot dead by his own security guard, his family said tonight.
‘Gentle giant’ Tony Gilchrist, 35, was blasted four times in the chest and twice in the head in the Philippines on Saturday.
Reports said he was shot by a guard - named locally as Melchor Alciso Jr, 42 - who he had sacked after the man turned up for work drunk for a second time.
The pair reportedly argued inside the diving shop before Mr Gilchrist was shot six times.
He was taken to hospital in Daanbantayan on the island of Malapascua via a 30-minute boat ride and 20-minute drive but he was declared dead on arrival.
Mr Gilchrist’s brother James said his 6ft 8ins brother ‘was the kindest person’.
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