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Metro
6 days ago
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- Metro
Body found in search for British man who went missing on stag do in Portugal
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A body has been found in the search for a man who went missing on a stag do in Portugal. Greg Monks, 38, went missing on the first night of a five-day stay in Albufeira during the early hours of May 28. The Scotsman told friends that he was heading back to the apartments where he was staying, but was not seen again. A major search was launched, while his parents and girlfriend Nicole Ashleigh Kelso flew out to support. A body was found this afternoon in a ravine in Cerro da Aguia, to the west of Albufeira, close to where he was last seen. It was removed from a steep wasteland area by firefighters and has been taken for an autopsy. His sister Jillian Monks paid tribute to her brother and told the Daily Record: 'We are truly heartbroken. Everyone who knows Greg knows how much he will be missed and what an amazing guy he was.' A FCDO Spokesperson told Metro: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities.' Portugal's Policia Judiciaria police force said in a statement: 'The PJ has located the body of the missing Scottish tourist in Albufeira. 'The disappearance of the 38-year-old UK citizen was reported to the Albufeira GNR at 8pm on May 28 by another man who was accompanying him on holiday in the area. '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.' His sisters Jillian and Carlyn appeared on Sky News yesterday before today's police announcement. Carlyn said: 'As a family, we're worried sick. It's just so unlike him, but myself and Jillian are just trying to hold each other up back home.' Jillian said: '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.' Jillian described Greg as a 'really hard worker' in his job and a 'quiet guy' whose disappearance immediately 'threw up a red flag'. She added that he has a Thor-type Viking unfinished tattoo at the top of his right arm which would be visible if he was wearing a vest top or had no shirt on. Hospitals have been checked without success, but police are not thought to have yet carried out an exhaustive search of medical centres. A GoFundMe has been set up on behalf of the family to help support the search which has so far raised £24,125. More Trending Organiser Gillian McCallum wrote: 'Our son Greg Monks went to Portugal for a stag do on Tuesday, May 27, and on the first night back out there he never returned to his hotel and has now been missing for three days. 'We are desperately seeking Greg's safe return and need your help. 'There are professional search teams out looking for Greg and the family have all flown out to try to help find him but don't know how long their stay will be. 'They are doing everything they can. Every donation, no matter the size, will make a difference in our efforts to bring Greg home.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Gorgeous town in Portugal is a foodie paradise with flights from £27 MORE: Student spends £129 on a Wowcher mystery holiday – to the city where she lives MORE: What Madeleine McCann's twin siblings are doing now after 'living in her shadow'
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
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 Advertisement 5 Missing mechanic Greg Monks has been found dead in Portugal 5 The Scot vanished while on a stag do in the party hotspot of Albufeira Credit: Alamy 5 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. Advertisement '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. Advertisement Most read in The Scottish Sun Exclusive 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. Police put me through horrific treatment after Portugal rape ordeal, I deserve answers & apology, says Hazel Behan 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 Advertisement 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. 5 The 38-year-old vanished while on a stag do in the Algarve 5 The tragic plant mechanic's sisters Jillian and Carlin Advertisement "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.
Daily Mirror
6 days ago
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- Daily Mirror
Missing Brit who vanished after stag do in Portugal found dead in ravine
A British tourist who went missing for over a week on a stag do has been found dead. Scottish man Greg Monks, 38, was discovered at the bottom of a ravine after he was last seen in Albufeira, Portugal. Greg, from Glasgow, vanished in the early hours of last Wednesday morning after travelling to Albufeira for a stag do with friends. His parents and girlfriend flew to the country to help with the search. Portuguese police today confirmed a body has been found in "steep wasteland" and is believed to be that of Greg. His cause of death is not yet known and an autopsy is set to be carried out. Police have not revealed what they believe to be Greg's cause of death. More information is expected to be released after the autopsy takes place but privately, while the hunt was still on for Greg, police said there was nothing pointing to his disappearance being a crime. Police in Portugal have confirmed the body of Greg Monks has been found after a week-long search. The Policia Judiciaria police force said in a statement: 'The PJ has located the body of the missing Scottish tourist in Albufeira.' It added: '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. '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.' Greg's family has insisted his disappearance was out of character and he did not suffer from mental health problems. Jillian said: "He's not got any mental health issues or issues with depression. Nothing like this has ever happened before. That's why when I got the phone call from one of his friends on Wednesday to say he had gone missing it immediately threw up a red flag." Jillian also said she and her sister have children and Greg was a "great" uncle to them. "My daughter particularly has got a very close bond with him," she said. '"She dotes on him." Greg Monks was a 38-year-old man from Glasgow. He was a "plant mechanic" who "fixes big diggers and HGVs and things like that", according to his sister Jillian. She said that Greg, who attended a stag do in Portugal as part of a group, is generally a "quiet" and "content" person who lives with his girlfriend. "They have a bulldog and they just go out walking the dog," she said. Another of Greg's sisters, Carlyn, told Sky News last night: "As a family, we're worried sick. It's just so unlike him, but myself and Jillian are just trying to hold each other up back home." Jillian also admitted their "unimaginable" fear that Greg may be "lying somewhere and we can't find him". Portuguese newspaper daily Correio da Manha is reporting Portugal's Policia Judiciaria force is at the scene. Greg disappeared after the first night of the stag do. He was last seen on CCTV in the residential area of Cerro de Aguia, located roughly four miles away from the main club and bar strip of Albufeira, on Tuesday 27 May His sister Jillian sounded the alarm on May 29 and she described his disappearance as "completely out of character". She wrote on an Albufeira expat site: "My brother has not been since Tuesday evening. If you are currently there and have any information place contact me with any info." Greg Monks' body is understood to have been found by police at the bottom of a ravine. Greg, 38, vanished on Wednesday morning in the Algarve while he was away with friends on a stag do. His sister Jillian said: 'There are about 10 to 15 friends all from Scotland on the stag do and Greg was due to be a groomsman.'
