Greg Monks: Body found in search for British man who went missing on stag do in Portugal
Greg Monks went missing in Portugal on May 28, and local media reports a body has been found during the search
A body has been found in Portugal during the search for missing Scottish tourist Greg Monks.
Portuguese police said on Wednesday the body of a 38-year-old man had been found in the search for a missing Scottish tourist.
The body was seen at the bottom of a ravine “a long way from the spot where he was last seen”, according to Portuguese daily newspaper Correi da Manha. Portugal’s Policia Judiciara are currently at the scene, according to the outlet. The Policia Judiciaria said the body was located in the Cerro de Aguia area.
The 38-year-old Glaswegian went missing last Wednesday after travelling to Albufeira with his friends for a stag do.
Mr Monks told his friends he was heading back to his holiday apartment after drinking on a night out, according to The Sun. The last sighting was at 3:27am on Wednesday 28 May near Cerro de Aguia area.
His sister Jillian, told Sky News after his disappearance: "We were contacted on Wednesday afternoon asking if there was any way we could track his phone because he hadn't come home from the night before.
"This immediately raised alarm bells. It’s just not like him. He wouldn’t normally do something like this.”
When the family arrived in Albufeira, police told them they had seen Mr Monks on CCTV footage twice around the residential area, Jillian said.
The 38-year-old had last been seen in an area with a lot of “rough terrain”, including rocky outcrops and cliffs. It was more than an hours walk from the Albufeira Strip, where he is believed to have left his friends.
"He deserves to be found, he deserves to be looked for, we need him home.
"He's a big part of our family, and it's just unimaginable if he's just lying somewhere and we can't find him."
"As a family, we're worried sick," his other sister, Carlyn, said. "It's just so unlike him, but myself and Jillian are just trying to hold each other up back home.
Mr Monks is "a real family man", she said. Jillian added: "I know that if he could phone us or reach out to us, he would, he wouldn't put us through this".
Police said the 38-year-old’s disappearance was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana on May 28 at around 8pm by a man who was on holiday with him.
Authorities said a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities.”