Dad speaks of anguish

The father of missing Fife airman Corrie McKeague has spoken of his ongoing anguish at his son’s disappearance.

Martin McKeague has been camped out at a landfill site in Milton for several weeks now as search teams continue to scour the area in the belief that the 23-yearold gunner will be found there.

Corrie has not been seen since he was on a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds on September 24.

Fears his body may have ended up in a bin lorry and transported to the Milton landfill site where almost 6,000 tonnes of rubbish have been searched through to date.

Martin, 48, said: “It occurred to me today while standing with my wife on the southern precipice of the Milton landfill site, both of us staring down into the scraped and scoured bowels of this now stadium-sized pit under a darkening sky, that there will be an end to all of this one day. An end to the search for my son here. An end to shovelling our way through the days and hours with only hope and distractions to keep us sane.”

Martin McKeague with son, Corrie.