British owner of diving shop shot dead in the Philippines

Tony Gilchrist's family claim he was let down by a member of the community he had done so much for

A British man who opened a dive shop in the Philippines after falling in love with the country and moving there two years ago has been shot dead by an employee on the island where he lived.

The family of Tony Gilchrist, 35, said he cared deeply about the Philippines and its people and had thrown himself into distributing thousands of pounds worth of aid which had been raised in the UK following the typhoon which devastated parts of the Philippines five months ago.

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