Tributes paid to 'gentle and kind-hearted' Ipswich men who drowned in Albufeira hotel pool
Mo and King's loved ones say they tragically lost their lives less than 24 hours after arriving
Tributes have been paid to two friends who have died after jumping into a swimming pool whilst on holiday in Portugal.
Mo, 27, and King, 29, were in Albufeira, when they entered the closed and unsupervised pool early on Tuesday morning.
The men did not know how to swim, and were pronounced dead at the scene.
In a tribute, the pair's friends have said: "They were brothers to many. Gentle, kind-hearted souls who brought light into every room they entered. The kind of people who would drop everything to help you, no questions asked. They were warm, loyal, funny and full of dreams. The sort of men you never hear a bad word about because there simply were none.
They were deeply devoted to their families, their friends and their faith. And now, all of that has been taken so suddenly and so unfairly."
A fundraiser has been launched to get the men home, so fair raising nearly £19,000.
It states: "Their families are now facing every parent’s worst nightmare and on top of that, the overwhelming cost of bringing their sons home. The total cost to return both Mo and King to the UK is over £10,000. Repatriation involves complex legal paperwork, international funeral care and transportation costs no family is ever prepared for, especially not under such heart breaking circumstances."
The Portuguese police were initially investigating, but they say that because a crime has been ruled out, that has been dropped.