10/07/2013

Body Recovered From Sea In Search For Missing Teen

Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Hollie McClymont have confirmed a body has been recovered from the sea.

The body has not yet been identified but it is understood that Hollie's parents have been told about the discovery and searches are now over.

The Glaswegian teenager was last seen in difficulties in the water at the south Wales resort of Barry Island on Sunday.

A body was recovered from the sea at Font-y-gary, near Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan.

(MH/JP)


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