Fresh site search in hunt for little Ben
Detectives searching for missing British toddler Ben Needham on Kos have said they are extending their stay on the Greek island.
Off icers have begun looking at a second search area close to where Ben, then 21 months old , d isappea r e d f rom a farmhouse in 1991.
Detective Inspector Jon Cousins told reporters initial work at this site revealed the underlying ground is compacted material deposited over the past 30 years.
Cousins said: “That means I have made a decision that we’re extending our stay here.
“We are going to be doing t h i s to g ive me t he confidence that I’ve done everything I can.
“I am lifting all the earth behind us. We’re going to work through it in similar fashion to what we’ve done up at the farmhouse.”
He said: “The team are 100 per cent behind this.
“Every single one of them, including the volunteers, is adamant that they are staying for this period of time. It’s got to be done.
“I’ve got to be able, when I leave Kos, I know myself, when I sit down the family, I can tell them that we’ve done everything we can to find an answer in relation to what happened to Ben.”
Asked how much longer the team would stay, he said: “Probably at least two or three days.”
Cou s i ns s c ot che d rumours that officers were searching a third site on Kos.