Corrie McKeague: Home Office To Pay Towards Search Costs
A grant expected to be in the region of £800,000 is set to be shared between Suffolk and Norfolk police to help fund the search of missing airman Corrie McKeague.
The RAF serviceman went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in September 2016 and is sadly still missing.
So far the police have spent £2.15million on the investigation.
Suffolk's police and the crime commissioner announced that Policing Minister Nick Hurd had agreed the special grant.
Suffolk PCC Tim Passmore was pleased with the outcome.
"I welcome this rebate from the Home Office, which makes a contribution to the £2.15million which the constabulary has spent on this major investigation."
"I cannot begin to imagine what Corrie’s family and friends have been through over the past 18 months but I hope they understand that the constabulary has worked tirelessly to find Corrie."
"Throughout this investigation, I have ensured that the constabulary has had the resources it needed but sadly, despite the most extensive search ever carried out in this country, they’ve been unable to find Corrie."
Mr McKeague, from Dunfermline, Fife was last seen on 24th September just after 3:30am.
It's expected that a more detailed report of the grant will be announced in the near future.
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