Corrie McKeague's Father Blocks Entrance To Landfill Site With Motorhome

The father of missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague is reported to have blocked the entrance to a landfill site where police were searching for his son.

Officers had sifted through more than six thousand tonnes of waste at the site in Cambridgeshire since March, but nothing was found and a halt to what's been called an "unprecedented" search was finally called on Friday.

But it now appears that Corrie's father, Martin McKeague, has taken matters into his own hands. He's been photographed at the landfill site with his motor home blocking the entrance.

He told the Cambridge News:

"The facts and all the evidence lies in this landfill site and as father, or mother, or anybody, I think you would probably do the same thing."

"I need them to do the right thing and continue to look for Corrie."

Corries mother, Nicola Urquhart, has also voiced her distress at the Police's decision to stop the search as she can not understand why the search for his body at a landfill site has been abandoned when the RAF stands ready to assist.

The RAF gunner disappeared from Bury St Edmunds after a night out in September.

Police say he had a history of falling asleep in unusual places, including in bins.

A bin lorry was seen on CCTV near Brentgovel Street in the Bury St Edmunds around the time Mr McKeague was last seen, and it took a route which appeared to coincide with the movements of his phone.

That was the basis for the massive fingertip search at Milton.

Police have agreed with the company running the site that although the search will be called off the area won't be touched until a review is completed.

They have also said that the search for Corrie remains a live and active investigation and that they are still committed to finding him