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ITV News
an hour ago
- ITV News
Southport man disappears while backpacking in Malaysia
The mother of a British backpacker who has been reported missing in Malaysia say she feels "numb" and "just wants to bring him home". Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, had been solo travelling in South East Asia but he has now not been seen or heard from for almost a week despite daily contact with his mother. Family and friends have been trying to get in touch with the software engineer, from Southport, whose phone went dead in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 30 May. His last known location was the Healy Mac's Irish Bar in the area of Bangsar, on the outskirts of the city, at around 8pm on Tuesday, 27 May, when he sent his friend Owen a photograph of the pub's quiz night poster. Jordan's mum, Leanne Burnett, says she checked the "Find My iPhone" tracking service for the location of her son's mobile, and saw it was located at a residential flat block near the bar. She said: "I have been been feeling just sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him and bring him home. I want him to know we're looking for him and we're coming to get him. "I have no idea what has happened. All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact anybody. I know what he's like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home, that's why he checks in all the time. She went on to say that Jordan "knows my number by heart" and if he had lost his phone "he would go to the nearest hotel to use the phone, or go to an internet café. He'd find a way to get hold of us." As well as reporting Jordan missing to Merseyside Police, Leanne also contacted the British Consulate and police in Malaysia. She said the family had also tried to contact the hotel where Jordan is believed to have been staying, but struggled due to the language barrier. His workplace, an American company, has also been informed. She said: "It has been awful. But all his friends and family have been rallying round. We've pieced together the last pictures and memes he's been sending. We've got his messages so we're building up a timeline of his movements." Leanne says Jordan's dad is travelling to Malaysia on Sunday, 1 June, and she, his brother, stepdad and his best friends are travelling out on Monday. "We're just doing everything we can," she said. "Please share anything. If anybody has seen him, please share it far and wide. "If anyone has heard from him, seen him, seen him active on social media - anything. We just need to find him and bring him home."
North Wales Live
2 hours ago
- North Wales Live
Concerns for backpacker, 25, missing for five days in Far East
Concerns are growing for a backpacker who has gone missing on a solo tour of South East Asia. Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, is in Malaysia but has not been heard from since Tuesday, May 27. Family and friends spent days frantically trying to get in touch with him by phone, email and social media before his phone went dead on Friday, May 30. Jordan's mum Leanne Burnett, of Southport, said: "I have been been feeling just sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him and bring him home. I want him to know we're looking for him and we're coming to get him," reports the Liverpool ECHO. She added: "I have no idea what has happened. All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact anybody. I know what he's like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home, that's why he checks in all the time." She said: "If he was to lose his phone and laptop, if someone had stolen that off him, he knows my number by heart and he would contact. He would go to the nearest hotel to use the phone, or go to an internet café. He'd find a way to get hold of us." The 25-year-old's last known location was the Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, at around 8pm on Tuesday, May 27, when he sent his best friend Owen a photograph of the pub's quiz night poster. He is also believed to have visited The Social, a bar near Healy Mac's. On Wednesday morning BST (seven hours behind Malaysia), Leanne said she checked the "Find My iPhone" tracking service for the location of her son's mobile phone, and saw it was located at a residential flat block near the bar. Leanne said: "I speak to Jordan every day and I have him on find my iPhone, so I always have a look before I go to bed and when I wake in the morning. But when I woke up on the Wednesday morning, his Find My iPhone had not updated. It just said 'last seen 11 hours ago'. "It means it's either out of signal or out of range. And this was the last place it had a signal. It was a block of flats in that same area, literally down the road from the bar." She added: "I carried on tracking him throughout the day, trying to phone him as well. I couldn't get hold of him on Facebook or Instagram. If he does lose his phone, he usually messages me on Facebook or Instagram. "But it just kept on showing at this location, and the 'time last seen' kept going up and up, and now the phone has gone off completely. It's run out of battery." Jordan's last known message, sent to his best friend Owen at around 8pm on Tuesday, May 27 Jordan's phone went dead on Friday, May 30, three days after he was last seen. Leanne said: "I'm a really worried mum because he's working away. So he knows if I can't contact him, he will contact me. "I did get a bit anxious and started checking Find My iPhone a bit more and checking Instagram, but just nothing. I didn't hear from him on Tuesday and by Wednesday I couldn't get his location. "Then his phone went off, and that's when I contacted his best friend Owen, and he said he hadn't heard from him since Tuesday and was getting worried himself. I called the police straight away." Jordan, a software engineer, had been backpacking around the Mediterranean and South East Asia for around a year and a half while working remotely for an American company. He arrived in Malaysia on May 17 after previously visiting Vietnam, and is believed to have been staying at the Robertson Residences at Bukit, Kuala Lumpur. And Leanne, 44, said she last spoke to him on Monday, May 26, and their conversation had been the usual chit-chat about their working days. She said: "He seemed absolutely fine and normal. "Nothing stood out whatsoever. We always end the phone call with 'love long time' and that was the very last thing we said to each other." Leanne has reported Jordan missing to Merseyside Police and contacted the British Consulate and police in Malaysia. She said the family had also tried to contact the hotel where Jordan is believed to have been staying, but struggled due to the language barrier. His workplace has also been informed. Leanne said: "It has been awful. But all his friends and family have been rallying round. We've pieced together the last pictures and memes he's been sanding, we've got his messages, so we're building up a timeline of his movements. "His dad is travelling out there today, and me, his brother, best friends and his stepdad are going out tomorrow." She begged members of the public to share her son's missing persons appeal far and wide. She said: "Jordan was really shy in high school, but since he has got his job and turned into a man he's become really outgoing, so funny, very intelligent. "He's got a massive work ethic and is very loving. He looks after his brother. His brother looks up to him so much and he's loved by everyone, all his friends and family. "We're very worried. My friends and family are constantly here. We've got a group set up. "I've got family posting all over Facebook and whatever Malaysian sites we can find. We've got others contacting our MP. We're just doing everything we can. "Please share anything. If anybody has seen him, please share it far and wide. If anyone has heard from him, seen him, seen him active on social media - anything. We just need to find him and bring him home." * Merseyside Police has been approached for comment. Leanne said the police incident reference for anyone reporting a sighting to Merseyside Police was 5198 as of May 30, 2025. Leanne's full appeal and contact details are here.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Major warning to billions of WhatsApp users over worrying ‘cloning' tool that tricks victims into handing over £1,000s
AN URGENT warning has gone out to WhatsApp users after news broke of a scam which could cost users thousands of pounds. The sinister scheme sees hackers 1 Millions of WhatsApp users have been warned about a chilling scam Credit: Getty The Investment Association found that there was a 57 per cent surge in cloning scams during the second half of 2024. Often, the scam begins with users being added to fake Scammers make sure the group looks as though it was created by a reputable investment company, before inviting users to transfer their money. By pretending to invest your money, the scammers can then Read More on WhatsApp According to experts, one in four of the attempts proved successful. In total, nearly 500 'cloning' attempts were recorded by the Investment Association alone. A staggering £2.7 million has been lost through the scam. Adrian Hood, a financial crime expert said: "The growth of AI is likely to see increasingly sophisticated scams, with criminals better able to mimic legitimate firms." Most read in Tech Chilling vid outlines the dangers posed by sex extortion In 2024, £1.7 million was recovered from scammers out of a total loss of £5.4 million through fraud. The news come after Google issued According to the Federal Trade Commission, Google's reported fraud losses jumped to $12.5 billion in 2024. In response, the tech company said: "Scammers are more effective and act without fear of punishment when people are uninformed about fraud and scam tactics." Using AI technology, scammers can impersonate representatives from prominent companies. Victims with valuable online assets, including crypto wallets, and social media influencers are also being increasingly targeted. How to keep yourself safe from hackers and scammers FOLLOW these steps to protect yourself from hackers in the future: Make a 'strong' password with 8 or more characters and a combination of upper case characters, numbers and symbols Don't do online banking on public WiFi, unless absolutely necessary Don't click on dodgy email links claiming to be from banks Use different passwords for different sites Never re-use your main email password Use anti-virus software Don't accept Facebook friend requests or LinkedIn invitations from people you don't know Think before you put personal info on social media Find My iPhone, Android Lost and BlackBerry Protect all allow you to remotely wipe a stolen phone. Set this feature up Only shop online on secure sites Don't store your card details on websites Password protect your phone and other devices
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Nan crushed to death by beach bulldozer so badly that people who saw fell ill
A new grandmother was tragically crushed to death by a bulldozer while on a beach - the crush was so horrific that a lifeguard had to be hospitalised A grandma was crushed to death by a bulldozer, while she was sunbathing on a beach, by a man who was allegedly doing works at the scene "without a licence". Elisa Spadvecchia, 66, was crushed so horrifically that the lifeguard who witnessed the incident became so ill that he had to be hospitalised. The retired teacher had been on holiday with her ex-husband, Giovanni Sfregola, in the Italian seaside town of Pinarella di Cervia, near Bologna. The victim's ex-husband sounded the alarm when he noticed she had not returned from her walk. He used Find My iPhone to see where she was and said he is now in an "ocean of pain" after her death. Police arrested the bulldozer driver Lerry Gnoli, 54, and are investigating why he was on the beach in the first place - he has been charged with manslaughter. Gnoli told authorities he was allegedly authorised to carry out "works on the beach". Despite this, it was reported he had been using the machine without the correct license. The victim's ex-husband recalled what happened that tragic day to local Italian media, saying: "My wife went for her walk carrying only her phone. When it happened, she had nothing on her that could identify her. "Not seeing her come back, I started calling her, but she didn't answer. So I used 'Find My iPhone' to locate her phone. Once I found it, I got someone to take me to the exact spot where, sadly, I found my wife. "They didn't let me see her, but they told me that even the lifeguard who witnessed the scene fell ill and ended up in hospital." The former policeman said they had been celebrating the birth of their three-month-old grandchild, which they shared, before this tragedy. He added: "We were over the moon since my daughter's child was born. He's not even three months old yet. "Now, for us, it's just an ocean of pain. Something devastating that consumes you inside because you can't come to terms with it." A flood of emotional tributes were made to the beloved retired English teacher. Elisa's former colleague and friend, Donatella Lovison, said: "I couldn't believe it, hearing her name spoken! I remember all the fruitful moments of study and research spent together. I hope she gets justice!" Another old colleague, Cinzia Zanesco, said she was particularly heartbroken as she knew Elisa was "enjoying this phase of life" as a grandparent. She said: "It's crazy that she was killed in this way, it doesn't make sense. From one day to the next, from one moment to the next your life can change and everything can disappear. We have to realise this." Gnoli's lawyer, Vittoria Manes' said his client was "terribly sorry" and called the death a "huge tragedy". He said: "She was one of the first to introduce the use of IT at school and her end-of-year sweets were legendary. He can't understand how it could have happened and sends his condolences to the woman's family."
Daily Mirror
20-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Mum desperately tried to escape killer ex before he butchered her on school run
A new series of Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan delves into the shocking stabbing of a young mother on the school run and reveals heartbreaking details about her final moments A mum who was stabbed to death on the school run by her ex-husband in front of their three-year-old daughter knew he was capable of killing her and tried to raise the alarm in the days and hours before her brutal murder. Ricardo Godinho repeatedly stabbed ex-wife Aliny Godinho in broad daylight, and in front of other terrified mothers, as she walked with her little girl to collect her two sons from school in Epsom, Surrey. A court later heard the heartbreaking words of the the distraught girl after seeing her father kill her mother in 2019: "Mummy's not coming back". The couple, who had separated months before the attack on February 8, 2019, had moved together from Brazil to live in the UK, but Aliny soon found herself in an abusive and controlling relationship. But after she had found the courage to leave him, obsessive Godinho continued to follow her movements by using the Find My iPhone function to track where she was, despite being told by police not to make contact with Aliny or their children following accusations of abusive behaviour and coercive control. He had also found a way to read her messages and emails, and was a member of a WhatsApp group that Aliny's friends used to support her without them knowing. Portuguese journalist Duarte Mendonça told Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan: "He had access to an old SIM card that used to belong to Aliny, and no one in that group ever noticed it. So, for the longest time, Ricardo was able to keep track of every single conversation of every single move, and it was only up until the day that Ricardo decided to leave the group. 'And they saw the stamp mark saying, 'Aliny has left the group. ' The group realised that he was there the whole time.' But despite breaking his bail conditions many times, no further action was taken by police. It was later found that Godinho had been using Google to search for how a Brazilian man had murdered his wife. Aliny discovered that he had been reading her emails, WhatsApp messages and following her location on the day of her death, and once again reported him to the police. But while her friends begged her to go in person to the police station and stay there to keep herself safe, she continued on her daily routine, picking up her other children from school. Her friend, Lucienne Monteiro, revealed that the mother was already convinced that Godinho wanted to kill her, but believed that he would never attempt to attack her if she was with their daughter. She said: 'She believed that she was safe because of the children. So, from that week, she took her little child, the girl with her to school every day, because she felt protected. The little one was his favourite one. So, she thought like he won't hurt her.' In the afternoon, she started the school run at 2:38 p.m. CCTV captured Aliny catching the bus from where she was staying in Streatham to Epsom, along with her daughter, getting off the bus at 2:55 pm. Godinho was waiting for them in his pick-up truck when they got off. He mounted the grass verge alongside where they were walking, jumped out of the vehicle and started stabbing her repeatedly, before dropping the murder weapon and driving off. Surrey Coroner's Court later heard the attack happened in just 17 seconds as Mrs Godinho held their young daughter's hand. Prosecutors said the crime was premeditated and motivated by 'his anger and resentment that his wife was seeking a new life for her and her children." Lucienne remembers finding out her worst fears had come true: 'We were watching TV or something when my phone rang. And then when I picked up the phone, a friend of ours, he said, Aliny has just being killed, stabbed by Ricardo. I threw my telephone away and I started screaming. I never felt so bad in my life like that day. 'She didn't have the time to defend herself. She didn't have any marks on the arm or anything, it was really fast. They said that he stabbed her and then, as she was falling down, he kept stabbing her, without saying anything. And then when he'd done that, he just looked at his little one, and then he walked away.' He began to drive to a police station to surrender, but his vehicle was stopped, and he was arrested around an hour and a half after the attack .He began to drive to a police station to surrender, but his vehicle was stopped, and he was arrested around an hour and a half after the attack. He was found guilty of murder and possessing an offensive weapon by Guildford Crown Court and sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years in July 2019. However, when he was transferred to a prison in Brazil in 2022, it meant his sentence was changed to 30 years in jail.
