Corrie’s father backs decision over search

The father of missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague has said “the police were probably right” to stop the search of a landfill site where officers were looking for his son.

Martin McKeague said he stands by Suffolk police’s decision to stop the search while a review is held into the investigation.

Martin, from Cupar, said the decision to stop searching means police can scrutinise evidence and put an end to speculation over what happened to the 23-year-old.

Officers sifted through 6,500 tonnes of waste at a site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, in an ‘unprecedented’ search for Corrie who disappeared from Bury St Edmunds following a night out in September.

Mr McKeague’s comments come just two days after he blocked the entrance to the Milton landfill site with his motorhome.

Just hours later, police halted the operation to fill in the landfill ‘cell’ where they thought Corrie’s body might be saying they will wait until an independant review has been carried out.

Last night, the 48-year-old said: “Today was probably the first time we could stand right at the top and look down into this place.

“And I would say now that the police were probably right in stopping the search at this point so that a review of everything that’s been done can be carried out.”

Missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague.