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Peter Tarsey
Peter David Tarsey (5 August 1937 – 29 March 2015) was a
British diver who competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer
Peter Tarsey
Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Personal information
Games. Nationality British
Born 5 August 1937
Brentford, England
Contents Died 29 March 2015 (aged
Early life 77)
Career Xalo, Spain

Personal life Medal record

Murder Diving
References Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth
Games
Early life 1958 Cardiff 3m Springboard

Tarsey was born on 5 August 1937 in Brentford, Greater London,


England.[1]

Career
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, Tarsey competed in the Men's 3 metre
springboard, where he finished 16th, and the Men's 10 metre platform, where he finished 14th.

Tarsey competed in two Commonwealth Games winning a bronze medal at Cardiff in 1958, in the
Men's 3m Springboard event.[2][3]

Personal life
Tarsey married Jean Biggs in February 1960. They had two sons, Alexei and Sascha. They lived in
Spain for 18 years.[2]

At the time of their deaths the Tarseys were trying to sell their house in order to move near their son
Sascha and grandchildren in Majorca.

Murder
The couple were found shot dead "in each other's arms" at their villa in Xalo, near Benidorm, Spain,
on 29 March 2015, by friends who had come to Sunday dinner. They had been killed three days

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earlier.[4][5]

In July 2016 Driss Drizi, 63, a Moroccan immigrant painter, was jailed for 31 years after confessing to
the double murder and striking a plea bargain with prosecutors. Drizi was sentenced to 15 years for
each murder, an additional year for illegal possession of a weapon, and ordered to pay 150,000 euros
to each of the Tarsey's two sons. Drizi shot the couple following an unspecified row with David Tarsey.
[6][7]

References
1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Tarsey" (https://web.archi
ve.org/web/20181214115012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/peter-tarsey-
1.html). Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original (htt
ps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/peter-tarsey-1.html) on 14 December 2018.
2. Evans, Martin (30 March 2015). "British former Olympic diver and wife found shot dead in 'each
other's arms' in Spain" (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11504092/British-couple-
murdered-in-their-Spanish-villa.html). The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
3. "Cardiff 1958: Bronze medallists" (http://www.weareengland.org/home/team-england/the-common
wealth-games/cardiff-1958/cardiff-1958-bronze-medallists). Commonwealth Games England.
Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. Burgen, Stephen (30 March 2015). "British couple found shot dead at their home in Spain" (http
s://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/30/british-couple-found-shot-dead-at-their-home-in-spai
n-alicante). The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
5. Saul, Heather (30 March 2015). "Benidorm shootings: British couple Jean and Peter Tarsey shot
dead in Alicante villa 'found locked in each other's arms' " (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w
orld/europe/british-couple-shot-dead-in-alicante-villa-found-locked-into-each-others-arms-101435
46.html). The Independent. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
6. Madrid, Graham Keeley (4 July 2016). "Painter jailed for killing villa couple" (https://www.thetimes.
co.uk/article/painter-jailed-for-killing-villa-couple-wxkkphsm2). Retrieved 16 January 2019 – via
www.thetimes.co.uk.
7. INFORMACION. "Condenan a 31 aos de crcel al asesino de un exdeportista olmpico y su esposa
en Xal" (https://www.diarioinformacion.com/sucesos/2016/07/02/condenan-31-anos-carcel-asesin
o/1780838.html). www.diarioinformacion.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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