Private investigators have been called in to help find a missing Brit who vanished a week ago in Prague.
Joop Sparkes, 29, from Galashiels, Scotland, jumped from a party boat in the Czech capital in the early hours of last Sunday (April 27).
The construction worker has not been seen since then.
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His increasingly desperate family have been leading the search, including following the boat on a couple of its journeys to see if it gives any clue as to what might have happened after Joop jumped in.
But his sister Jodie Wilson, girlfriend Charley Maben and aunt Gillian have hit a brick wall, and that’s prompted them to get in touch with PIs.
“We’re just as confused as ever,” Jodie told the Daily Record.
“The boat seemed to be further downstream than the point [where] it’s believed Joop jumped on Friday night.
“There must have been about 100 people onboard, it travels very slowly, and a lot of the time it’s just floating.
“It could only have travelled about half a mile or so. It was a very short distance.”
She added: “We still continue to walk the length of the river banks, checking out buildings, checking the homeless people who are wrapped in sleeping bags, pulling clothing from the river to check if it’s not Joop’s.”
A police spokesperson said: “I can confirm that since early Sunday morning the Prague police have been searching for a 29-year-old foreigner who, according to the announcement, jumped from a party boat near the Charles Bridge in Prague 1 and has not been seen since.
“In the place where the missing person was last seen, several search operations took place, in which policemen from the river department were also involved, but the foreigner has not been found anywhere yet.”
Jodie said: “Yesterday, we walked 24 miles along the riverbanks and the marina.
“We are also checking along the boats to make sure he’s not either on or in the water nearby.
“We are all emotionally and physically exhausted but we’ve got to keep going. We just don’t know what to do any more and we need answers.”
She added: “It just doesn’t seem real. We haven’t seen police on the water since Tuesday and haven’t had any answers so we’ve called private investigators and we’re in discussions with them about drone searches as well as if they can bring divers in.”
The Foreign Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who has gone missing in the Czech Republic and are in contact with the local authorities.”
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