The family of a grandfather who died after going missing in Benidorm have slammed the local police as incompetent - after they lost part of his leg.

Phil Pearce vanished in September while on holiday in the popular tourist resort - prompting a desperate search mission.

His relatives flew out to try and find him and issued numerous appeals on social media and through the Spanish authorities.

But his two sons were told early last month that the 68-year-old had been found dead - three months after the body was discovered.

The pair - Lee and Wayne - have since described the situation as a "living nightmare" and said they don't want to bring the body home without the missing femur bone.

The local police have not responded to their accusations.

Lee told the BBC: "He went over in one piece, he should come back in one piece.

"He should be laid to rest in one piece with all his bones in there."

Wayne added that the family "could not believe" it took the authorities so long to tell them their father's body had been found.

He said: "It seems they don't have a clue what they are doing over there."

Phil, from Bridgwater, Somerset, had mild dementia and was last seen being taken in a confused state to a police station by a member of the public on September 10.

He later left the building - and vanished.

It has since emerged that his body was found on November 23 but his family were not told until February 7.

Lee and Wayne were reportedly told the delays were because DNA needed to be checked and there was conflicting information as to the location of the missing bone.

Phil's local MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has now raised the case with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are working with the family to provide support.

A decision on an inquest will be made once the body is repatriated.