Family of missing Garvagh man to renew appeal for information

On Saturday police will return to Ballycastle Harbour - the car park, where it's believed, 65-year-old Kenneth Thompson was seen.

Mr Thompson, of Station Road in Garvagh, disappeared on Saturday, October 17 last year and since then his family have no idea what happened to their father.

His car was later found at Ballycastle Harbour.

Mr Thompson, who was a keen walker, is described as 6'2" tall of slim build, with short white hair.

He was wearing a black fleece jacket with a National Geographic motif and a yellow collar, green trousers, and a flat tweed cap.

His son Andy told the Times yesterday: "We will be going out to Ballycastle on Saturday with the police, probably handing out leaflets and pictures of my father.

"It's just to try to jog people's memories.

"The police think it is something worth doing. Anything they do is good and it can't do any harm.

"We have a absolutely no new information since October, nothing at all," he said.

The family are at a loss to explain Mr Thompson's disappearance in October.

At the time, Mr Thompson was said to be in good form and had just booked tickets to go to Australia to see his sister.

"It is very difficult. Sometimes you forget about it and then when you come back to the house, it all comes back to you," said Andy.

"All you can do is hope."

Detective Inspector Sean Fitzpatrick of the PSNI said: "There are still so many unanswered questions about Kenneth's disappearance.

"It's now almost seven months since he disappeared and no one has come forward to us with any information as to why and how he disappeared.

"We are now satisfied that Kenneth made his way to Ballycastle before he went missing and that is why we will be down at the ferry terminal this weekend hoping to jog people's memories.

"It's a Bank Holiday weekend and we are hoping there will be a lot of people there so that we can keep this alive in people's minds."