CYBER MYSTERY

A twist in the case of Levi Davis missing in Barcelona has sparked renewed hopes he is still alive

By Nadia McDonald & Anthony Piovesan

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Balearic boost

ECONOMIC growth in the Balearic Islands last year was higher than predicted by the regional government.

Labour Minister, Iago Negueruela, said on Thursday that growth for 2022 is now estimated at 14.2%, compared to last summer's prediction of 13.3%.

That increase was down to the final quarter of year recording a rise of 5.5%.

Mallorca led the islands with 15.6% growth during 2022.

Service industries including hospitality and tourist related activities reported a 16.4% rise in activity across the Balearics.

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The new development means that someone has had access to Levi’s phone since the disappearance.

Gavin Burrows, the lead investigator told the Sun Online, ‘It’s either Levi himself – and we hope so – or it’s someone who has managed to get a hold of his PIN.’ Burrows’ firm, Line of Enquiry, has offered a €11,000 reward for information that might help in the search for Levi. Meanwhile, the firm also recently revealed that 38 contacts had mysteriously vanished from Levi’s Instagram page. The names and how they were deleted, or why, could provide information about Levi’s disappearance and whereabouts.

Levi was last seen leaving a pub in Barcelona on October 29. He had travelled to the city from Ibiza, where he had been staying. He was picked up on CCTV leaving the Old Irish Pub near Barcelona’s La Rambla about 10pm, a few hours after taking a boat from Ibiza with just 40 euros and no change of clothes. The rugby player-turned-reality star performed on X Factor: Celebrity in 2019 with fellow rugby players Ben Foden and Thom Evans as part of the group Try Star.