RADAR SEARCH

POLICE are using ground-penetrating radar at a new area of the Upper Rock to search for the remains of a sailor missing for 36 years. Simon Parkes, 18, disappeared in Gibraltar on December 12, 1986, and a number of police investigations have since been unable to find his remains.

The seaman, from Bristol, vanished while on shore leave after his ship, HMS Illustrious, docked on the Rock on its way to Portsmouth after a deployment to Asia.

New lead in case of sailor who vanished 36 years ago

By John Culatto

He spent the evening in bars with crewmates but never rejoined the ship. He was last seen leaving the Horseshoe Pub in Main Street at around 10.30pm. All his belongings were still onboard his ship, including his passport. The case was reopened in

SPANISH police have arrested six of the suspects who allegedly stoned officers on Eastern Beach last month.

National Police officers arrested ‘identified individuals’ in La Linea who had allegedly thrown stones at Spain’s coastguard on the Gibraltarian beach.

Spanish police had accidentally landed after trying to catch tobacco smugglers in rough seas.

“I know the RGP has been in contact with

2001 after a shipmate, petty officer Allan Grimson, was convicted of two murders. Grimson has denied involvement in Parkes' death but confessed to the murders of 18-year-old Nicholas Wright and 20-year-old Sion Jenkins. Both murders took place one year apart in 1997 and 1998 - on December 12 - the exact same date that Parkes disap-

Stoners arrested

fellow Policia Nacional officers in respect of this matter and am pleased that prosecutions will follow,” Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said. As Spanish law allows any attack on its citizens to be prosecuted in its territory, it will not matter that the incident occurred in Gibraltar.