UK Sailor missing in Dubai

[Smiler.]

Hope this turns out to be a misunderstanding of some sort.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18297791

[V88Dicky]

Let's hope they find him safe.

Mind you, I've seen plenty of lads miss the ship, only to turn up a few days later with an eyebrow missing and a tattoo on the arse.

Fingers crossed it's nothing more sinister.

[just me]

Sounds much more sinister, I am afraid. Father of three, no record in hospitals, etc., completely out of character, etc.
Definitely foul play IMO.

Hope I am wrong.

[EDLT]

Its Dubai, of course it is going to be sinister. He probably smiled at a woman or something.

[willmcc]

there's a few possible explanations

Last seen coming out of Rock Bottom, a place fully deserving the name but there are definitely cameras outside there so I would have thought they would already know where the cab took him.

First place I would normally look is jail, not all the local cop stations talk to each other and before you get charged there is no record of where you are, I have had to trawl through several places looking for a friend who was being "hidden" while the bruises they had given him had a chance to heal. But I reckon the publicity would count that out.

After that it get's more dodgy, I doubt if it is a classic terror kidnap but there are plenty of people here especially in the seedier parts of town that have been known to get violent when they feel cheated or slighted, again depends on where the cab took him.

He won't be the first Matlow to go awol but it does sound a bit iffy, they seriously have to find the cab

[ecain63]

^^^^ Matelot!

[King Herald]

'Speaks with a broad Scottish accent'

Obviously, nobody can understand a word he says, so he is simply stuck in the wrong port, in the wrong emirate, trying to get his message across.





I hope.

[willmcc]

Rumour has it there was a big police operation in Jumeirah Village today, lots of guys in black outfits with masks and a huge civilian police contingent, probably totally unrelated but a concern.

[just me]

No, that's just how the local conservative women dress. They must have heard about a sale or something.