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A British nurse has recounted the harrowing moment she comforted a dying Scottish gangster after he was shot in a brutal double murder on the Costa del Sol. The nurse, in her 50s, was enjoying a drink with her partner at a nearby bar when masked assailant fatally shot Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr amidst shocked holidaymakers.

The attack occurred at Monaghans bar in Fuengirola around 11.30pm on Saturday, just as the Champions League final concluded. The nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, described how she rushed to assist upon hearing the gunfire.

She recounted: "I was sitting with my partner in a pub when we heard one shot followed by a gap and then four more shots. We all ran into the bar and I was shouting 'get inside'.

"At the time they were celebrating the football because the game had just ended. Someone said a person had been shot and because I'm a nurse I ran to Monaghans bar to see if I could help."

Spanish television has aired graphic footage that captures Monaghan attempting to flee his assassin. The video, taken moments after Lyons Jnr, 46, was slain outside the establishment, depicts Monaghan, aged 43, bleeding through his white T-shirt from a chest injury, trying to steady himself on a table before collapsing, reports

CCTV footage from the scene shows the murderer, clad in black, pursuing Monaghan. Two individuals, believed to be a waitress and another man also in black, are seen fleeing from the gunman.

The nurse recounted the harrowing scene saying: "I got to the first person who was lying on his back on the terrace who I later discovered was Eddie Lyons Jnr. He was clearly dead and had what appeared to be a bullet wound in his chest and one in his abdomen. A bar lady told me there was another one in the bar.

"The other man, Ross, had one shot in his chest, just on the right side. He was lying on the floor and was still alive but his breathing was laboured. He was wearing a white T-shirt and shorts and trainers and he looked younger than 43.

"There was blood everywhere, on the floor and around the service hatch to the kitchen. There was nothing I could do, he wasn't bleeding from his mouth so I just held his hand, stroked his hair and waited for the emergency services."

Monaghan, believed to be the bar owner and target of a previous attack, appeared to have a bullet exit wound. The nurse added that armed officers were quick to arrive, moving him into a position to commence CPR.

Spanish police are investigating the double shooting at a pub in Fuengirola with no arrests made yet. Monaghan, a suspect in a 2010 Glasgow murder, had been living in Spain since an attempt on his life in 2017.

A spokesman declared on Monday: "The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola, with nothing new at the moment."