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Corrie Mckeague: Police trace man on CCTV footage | Corrie Mckeague: Police trace man on CCTV footage |
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A man captured on CCTV and believed by a missing airman's mother to be her son has identified himself to detectives. | |
Police viewed the footage during their investigation into Corrie Mckeague's disappearance from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016. | |
His mother Nicola Urquhart said the public would be "horrified" to see it, as it cast doubt on the police theories over her son's whereabouts. | His mother Nicola Urquhart said the public would be "horrified" to see it, as it cast doubt on the police theories over her son's whereabouts. |
Police said the man captured on CCTV had been traced. | |
The BBC asked for the CCTV footage to be released under the Freedom of Information Act. | The BBC asked for the CCTV footage to be released under the Freedom of Information Act. |
Suffolk Police turned down the request on the grounds of data protection laws. | |
Mr Mckeague was last seen entering a bin loading bay when he was on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, leading police to believe he had gone into one of the bins. | Mr Mckeague was last seen entering a bin loading bay when he was on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, leading police to believe he had gone into one of the bins. |
But his remains were not found despite a 20-week trawl of a landfill site near Cambridge. | But his remains were not found despite a 20-week trawl of a landfill site near Cambridge. |
Mrs Urquhart said she had viewed CCTV footage which she said showed a man leaving the bin loading bay. | Mrs Urquhart said she had viewed CCTV footage which she said showed a man leaving the bin loading bay. |
She said the footage was "grainy" but it showed a person "wearing incredibly bright, reflective clothing, which looks like white trousers". | She said the footage was "grainy" but it showed a person "wearing incredibly bright, reflective clothing, which looks like white trousers". |
Mrs Urquhart said she believed it was her son and if members of the public saw the footage "no-one would believe he went in the bin". | Mrs Urquhart said she believed it was her son and if members of the public saw the footage "no-one would believe he went in the bin". |
Suffolk Police said the footage showed three individuals who were "tracked walking into the area and away from the area". | Suffolk Police said the footage showed three individuals who were "tracked walking into the area and away from the area". |
It said clearer images of them were found, "enabling identification". | It said clearer images of them were found, "enabling identification". |
The force said all three individuals had been spoken to by police and had identified themselves from the images. | The force said all three individuals had been spoken to by police and had identified themselves from the images. |
It said it was "confident" none of them was Mr Mckeague. | It said it was "confident" none of them was Mr Mckeague. |
The force said the individuals were ruled out in autumn 2016. | The force said the individuals were ruled out in autumn 2016. |
Mr Mckeague, originally from Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he went missing. | Mr Mckeague, originally from Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he went missing. |
He was last seen entering in the bin loading area at 03:25 on 24 September. | He was last seen entering in the bin loading area at 03:25 on 24 September. |
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