Plea to Scarborough residents to check cameras for missing man after Christmas break

We’re urging people in Scarborough who may be returning home after a Christmas break to check their CCTV and video doorbells for crucial footage of a missing man.

We’re urging people in Scarborough who may be returning home after a Christmas break to check their CCTV and video doorbells for crucial footage of a missing man.

Leslie Davis - known as Les - left his home in the Dean Road area of Scarborough on the morning of Thursday 19 December, and has not been seen since. We are extremely concerned for his welfare.

This CCTV shows him on that morning:

Les is 85, and described as 5ft 4ins in height, of small build, with short white/grey hair. He normally wears a baseball cap.

We are asking people to check their CCTV or video doorbell systems if they are returning from time away over Christmas. We particularly want to hear from people in the region of the William Street Coach Park along towards Queens Parade and surrounding areas.

We are also appealing for anyone who was driving along Marine Drive or in North Bay – particularly the area around Royal Albert Drive – between about 6.40am to 7.40am on Thursday 19 December to get in touch.

If you have captured any footage that might show Les, please get in touch straight away. Please also call us with any sightings or other information that could assist the search.

Contact North Yorkshire Police, quoting reference NYP-21122024-0152. Dial 101 to provide information, or 999 with an immediate sighting.