THE “desperately worried” family of a Scottish sailor missing in Dubai have issued a plea for information on his whereabouts.
Leading seaman Timothy Andrew MacColl, 27, known as Timmy, was a member of the crew of HMS Westminster, which arrived in Dubai on last Saturday before setting sail again on Thursday, his family said.
They said the married father of two, whose wife is expecting their third child in October, was last seen by a shipmate getting into a taxi alone at about 2am on Sunday.
He is said to have just left the Rock Bottom Bar, at the Regent Hotel in the area of Deira, about a 15-minute drive from Port Rashid, where HMS Westminster was docked.
The Royal Navy confirmed that a member of HMS Westminster’s crew was missing in Dubai and said the Navy was working with local authorities and Foreign Office representatives in the United Arab Emirates to find him.
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MacColl, who lives in Gosport in Hampshire, is from Killin, in Stirling. He has two children aged six and four.
His wife, Rachael, said: “We are appealing to the people of Dubai and reaching out to the large expat community to help us find Timmy and raise awareness in that area.
“We are desperately worried. Checks have been made with hospitals, prisons, police stations, medical stations and mortuaries and there is no record of him and no sightings so far.”