Chilling CCTV released in frantic search for woman, 33, who vanished from trip to Hyde Park with pals 3 months ago
POLICE have issued CCTV footage in the hopes of finding a woman who went missing three months ago.
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Portia Vincent-Kirby, 33, was last seen in Hyde Park on February 21
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CCTV footage showed Portia at the Blind Beggar pub on March 13
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Police have issued an appeal for any information relating to her
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Portia was reported missing on March 13, prompting police to begin trawling CCTV footage in a bid to trace her
The last confirmed sighting of her was at the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel on Friday March 14.
Portia, who is single and lives alone in a flat in North Finchley, is described as slim with blue eyes and shoulder-length dyed blonde hair, but often wears a baseball cap.
The sociable, outgoing young woman ran as the Green Party candidate for Hendon, North London, in 2019 - with her brother saying "she's not the kind of person who just
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Her family are urging her to contact them, after it was revealed by police her phone and bank cards have not been used in weeks.
Her mum, Janina said: 'We are all
'Portia has not been in contact with or seen by any family or friends since February.
'We appeal to the public for anyone to please come forward if they know anything about her or her whereabouts.
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'We also appeal to Portia directly, please get in touch with any of your family or friends.'
PC Harjinder Kang, from the Met's north west missing persons unit,
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'We urge anyone who may have seen her to contact police.
'Officers have been carrying out a number of enquiries in an effort to trace her and we are now turning to the public for help.
'Please get in touch if you can help us locate Portia.'
Speaking previously, her brother Max, 31, said: 'She's got a master's degree, she's an intelligent girl, she's not the kind of person who just vanishes.
'It's like she's dropped off the face of the earth.
He added: 'She is very much her own person, but she has lots of friends.
'We
'The police were then able to look at her bank cards and phone, they can check when it was last used unlike using the ticks on Whatsapp to see if messages were delivered.
'They found out that they hadn't been used for nearly three weeks, since the start of March.
'Who doesn't need money for nearly three weeks? Even if you'd met someone you'd go out and get coffee or something, it just doesn't make sense.'
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Her family said her behaviour is out of character
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Portia also has strong links to Medway, where she is from.
Police would urge anyone with information on her whereabouts to call police on 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, quoting 01/7262039/25.
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