OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN

Brit, 33, arrested in Marbella as Elliott Wright makes moving tribute to doorman who died breaking up a fight

A LEADING expat restaurant has temporarily closed as a tribute to a doorman who died at the weekend.

Olivia’s La Cala, owned by popular British TV celebrity Elliott Wright, shut for two days after popular employee Jose Pisani was killed during a fight.

The 55-years-old father-of-two, who had recently married, was said to have been punched and fell over banging his head when trying to break up the fracas on Saturday.

“This weekend we lost a much loved and valued member of our team,” a statement for the Mijas restaurant, read on social media.

“Our hearts are broken and we have closed today and tomorrow out of respect. We are supporting our staff and the family whilst awaiting news of further investigations.”

An Englishman, 33, whose initials were given as H.G.J.S was arrested yesterday over his involvement in the fight, a Guardia Civil spokesman told the Olive Press.

“He fled the scene and was arrested in Marbella. He has now been charged with mansalaughter,” she said.

It is believed that Pisani - a personal trainer and bodybuilder

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from Venezuela - attempted to break up the row that started when two clients began to cause trouble after midnight.

Allegedly, a punch made Pisani ‘lose his balance’, hitting his head against the corner of a table as he fell.

Graffiti

According to sources, an ambulance took ‘up to an hour’ to arrive and he was rushed to Malaga’s Regional Hospital.

He was immediately sent to the intensive care unit with a serious head trauma, but doctors were not able to save his life.

An autopsy will now be carried out to certify the exact cause of death, while a funeral took place in Marbella last night.

“We cannot reveal any more information as the results of the autopsy have still not been made available,” a police spokesman told the Olive Press.

Jose Rafael Pisani Pardo was born in Caracas and was ‘happy’ having married ‘the love of his life’, Romina Acuna in November in Las Vegas. He was previously married to another woman, with whom he has two children.

“This is all very sad, he never started any trouble. He was a very good man with a great heart,” one of Pisani’s friends told a local website.

The fallout of the attack led to the restaurant being graffitied on Monday night.

It is not known who daubed the restaurant in red paint, but the words, including ‘asesino’ and ‘mafia irlandes’, were in Spanish.

A Guardia Civil spokesman insisted last night however: “He is not Irish, he is definitely En- glish,” he told the Olive Press. By Tuesday midday, the graffiti had been mostly removed or covered with patches.

Fire

Elliot, a former star of TOWIE, The Only Way is Essex, has been a restaurateur for 20 years in Spain and owns a second restaurant in Villamartin, in Alicante.

It has been a tough few years for the restaurant, which was badly burned in a fire exactly two years ago, leading to it shutting for many months.