CCTV released of last sighting of This Morning doctor Michael Mosley before disappearance
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Kya Buller
Featured Image Credit: PA/Police handout
Topics: News
CCTV images have been released of the last known sighting of This Morning doctor Michael Mosley.
The images show Mosley just half an hour after he left a Greek beach and disappeared.
Police believe the CCTV was captured by a restaurant at around 2pm local time.
The restaurant in question is located in Pedi, a small beachside town in a bay around 1.2km from Saint Nikolas Beach.
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The CCTV images show 67-year-old Mosley wearing a dark t-shirt, shorts and a cap. He is carrying an umbrella.
Mosley was reported missing by his wife Dr Claire Bailey after he failed to return to the beach by 7.30pm.
Police in Athens headquarters confirmed yesterday (6 June) that they were ‘actively pursuing the case’.
Alongside his work with This Morning, Mosley has featured regularly on various TV shows including The One Show.
He and his wife were on holiday with another couple on the Greek island of Symi when he went missing.
The two couples had taken a boat out to go for a swim at the beach, yet Mosley preferred to return on foot at around 1.30pm, it has been reported by Athens-based newspaper Kathimerini.
His wife, Dr Clare Bailey, raised the alarm after he failed to return by 7.30pm, with police in Athens confirming yesterday they were ‘actively pursuing the case’.
After the search-and-rescue operation was paused last night (6 June), local police restarted this morning (7 June).
As of this afternoon, Mosley has been missing for over 48 hours.
The extensive rescue operation has been mainly focusing on the area of Pedi following a reported sighting of Mosley there on Wednesday.
Earlier today, it was confirmed that divers have joined the search.
Symi’s Coast Guard told the PA News Agency said: “All our patrol boats are searching … about five and also all the private boats, commercial boats know about the incident and they look for [him] also, in this area, [so this is] the private, the commercial and the patrol [boats looking].”
A Greek fire service spokesperson added: “The search continues today with seven firefighters, one drone checking the wider area, and we [are] co-operating with the Hellenic Police Office.”
Earlier this week, Senior Police Spokesman Constantina Dimoglidou gave more insight about the disappearance, sharing: "Mosley had been 'at the beach of Ag. Nikolas with another couple when he decided to go back to his home in the area of Pedi of Symi'.
"It was around 1.30pm and he forgot his phone at the beach.
"Any and every attempt to track him down has not produced any result.
"We have now asked the fire brigade to assist in the operation in the case that he may have slipped, tripped, fallen, even bitten by a snake, remaining injured somewhere.
"There is just no trace of him. None whatsoever and that means that for us at least, every potential scenario is open and being investigated."
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British man who is missing in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities."