A pensioner who was reported missing on the Costa del Sol before his flight back to Manchester has been found, according to an emotional update from his daughter.
Former property developer Clifford Wildgoose had been holidaying with a solicitor friend in southern Spain and was due to board a flight back to Manchester on Sunday (September 21), but concerns were raised after he was not seen.
Clifford, originally from Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside, was last spotted at around 2am on Saturday morning at Patrick’s 19th Hole Bar, in the posh resort of Puerto Banus, near Marbella.
He had only travelled to Spain for the weekend, but failed to turn up at Malaga Airport to return home. His daughter, Melanie Hall, said she was ‘beside herself with worry’.
She previously stated that Clifford’s friends had not heard from him and that he didn’t arrive at the gate in time for the flight departure, reports the Manchester Evening News.
In an update, Melanie issued a heartfelt public post on Facebook stating that Clifford had been found in the Puerto Banus area following a public appeal.
Expressing her gratitude to the public for spreading the news, she wrote on Sunday evening: “Just to let everyone know literally five min ago received a call from a kind gentlemen in Puerto Banus who was walking past and recognised my dad from the social media posts, he is now safe and with the police but will need some hospital treatment.
“Thank you to everyone social media worked its magic I can’t thank you all enough.”
