Body of missing Scot Greg Monks found at bottom of ravine a week after he vanished on stag do in Portugal
MISSING Scots tourist Greg Monks has been found dead on the Algarve.
The plant mechanic, 38, was discovered by police today at the bottom of a ravine
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Missing mechanic Greg Monks has been found dead in Portugal
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The Scot vanished while on a stag do in the party hotspot of Albufeira
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The tragic last known picture of Greg was revealed
Greg, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, disappeared in the early hours after travelling to Albufeira for a stag do with friends.
The Policia Judiciaria police force said in a statement: 'The PJ has located the body of the missing Scottish tourist in Albufeira.
'PJ police, through the Southern Directorate and with the collaboration of the Albufeira GNR police force, today located the body of a man who had been missing since May 28 in the Cerro de Aguia area of Albufeira.
'The disappearance of the 38-year-old UK citizen was reported to the Albufeira GNR at 8pm on the 28th by another man who was accompanying him on holiday in the area.
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'After carrying out various enquiries and establishing the presumed route taken in the early hours of that day since the last sighting, the body was located on steep wasteland.
'After the appropriate judicial inspection, the body will be removed and taken to the nearest Institute of Forensic Medicine for an autopsy.'
It comes after Greg's sisters revealed the "alarm bells" moment after he vanished from the
party
hotspot.
Just hours after arriving in Portugal for the five-day stag do, he told pals that he was heading back to his holiday apartment on his own after several hours of partying and drinking.
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The last official sighting of Greg was at around 3.27am on Wednesday, May 28, near the Cerro de Aguia area as Greg's last known picture was revealed.
This is more than an hour's walk west of the popular
party
resort where Greg is thought to have left his friends, while the Novochoro Apartments, which he had checked into on Tuesday night, are a 30-minute walk north.
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His worried
parents
and girlfriend Nicole Ashleigh Kelso flew out to the Algarve in a bid to trace him.
Hours before his
death
, Greg's sisters Jillian and Carlyn told
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Jillian said: "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.
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The 38-year-old vanished while on a stag do in the Algarve
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The tragic plant mechanic's sisters Jillian and Carlin
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"It had only been twelve hours since he was seen, but we were just so worried."
She and Greg's mates then tried to report him
missing
to the police but "it wasn't really taken as seriously at first because it hadn't been that long", Jillian said.
But as time went on and fears for Greg's safety grew,
cops
have been "working day and night", "putting every resource they can" into the search for Greg.
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