1 Mar, 2025 @ 11:16
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British ex-soldier who vanished in Tenerife is found

A FORMER solider who disappeared during a trip to Tenerife has been found, his family said this morning.

Fears were growing for Jake, 34, after he was refused boarding on his flight home to Leeds on Thursday.

He had been staying in Playa Las Americas and had his phone stolen on Tuesday, making contact with relatives all the more difficult.

The ex-serviceman also suffers from PTSD as a result of his time in the Army, an appeal previously said.

In an update this morning, Missing Persons Tenerife said: “Jake is alive and well and safely home with his family in Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, after spending the best part of 48hrs at the airport. Thank you to all the kind people who helped.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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