Mosley's wife will not 'lose hope' as search continues

TV doctor was last seen on Wednesday on Greek island Symi

- LUCY HOLDEN

The wife of missing TV presenter Michael Mosley said her family will “not lose hope” over the search for the missing presenter on the Greek island of Symi.

Speaking to the media for the first time, Dr Mosley’s wife Bailey Mosley said the three full days since her husband’s disappearance had been “the longest and most unbearable days” for herself and the couple’s four children, who arrived on the Greek island around midday on Friday to help search for their missing father.

Dr Mosley was last seen on CCTV cameras heading towards Symi from the nearby bay of Pedi, where he left his wife on the beach and planned to walk back to the house of friends with whom they were staying, it is believed. Why the 67-year-old doctor did not take his mobile phone with him and set off around 1.30pm in the worst heat of the day remains a source of confusion for the island. It was 40C on Wednesday when he was last seen and has remained in mid-30C since.

After initial claims from the firefighters responsible for his rescue that it was “impossible” he was still on the island and must have either fallen into the sea or left the island, the search continued in full force yesterday. The police told