Last image of missing firefighter Anthony Knott as cops release CCTV pic from before he vanished on Christmas pub crawl
THE last image of missing firefighter Anthony Knott has been released by cops – after he vanished while on a Christmas pub crawl. He is seen walking back to the Lewes pub he was last spotted in at 7.41pm on December 20. The dad looked to be walking back towards The Lamb, up Market Lane, […]
THE last image of missing firefighter Anthony Knott has been released by cops – after he vanished while on a Christmas pub crawl.
He is seen walking back to the Lewes pub he was last spotted in at 7.41pm on December 20.
The dad looked to be walking back towards The Lamb, up Market Lane, about 20 minutes after he left the pub alone.
Police, and his distraught family, are desperately hunting for the missing 33-year-old with cops seen searching a river.
The dad-of-four‘s fiancee, Lucy Otto, has said he had “every intention” of coming home after the festive event.
She said: “If you’re worried and you’re thinking, ‘Oh I can’t come home, this is too big now’, honestly, you don’t realise how many people want you back regardless of the situation you left in – if that is the case.
“To be gone for this long, I just don’t get it, I just do not understand it.
“I’ve been asked if there was any indication of depression or worries or troubles but I’ve racked my brains; there is nothing he said to me that would make me think he was in that frame of mind.
“I don’t think that’s an option that he’s gone off and he’s hurt himself.”
Cops said he “may have come to harm” and have extended their search to include the area around an outdoor swimming pool.
Chief Inspector Sarah Godley said: “We have reviewed CCTV footage from a number of premises such as homes and businesses, and we are continuing to retrieve and review further footage as we attempt to find out what happened to Anthony.
“We hope this latest image of him may jog someone’s memory or help provide some new information about his disappearance.”
Lucy told The Sun: “The police are focusing on the water aspect and that he has fallen into the water, but I think there’s more to it.
“In my heart of hearts I think he has been taken or something. It just doesn’t make sense. I just want the police to start looking at different angles.
“The days are getting on now, they need to pull their finger out and start from the beginning.
“Where did he go after he left the pub? Something isn’t right, you can’t just walk out of a pub and never be seen again.
“I appreciate them searching the water, I really do. But it has been five days and they’ve come up with nothing.”
The firefighter had been pub-hopping with around a dozen colleagues and lost touch with them at around 7.20pm on December 20.
There has been no activity on Anthony’s phone since 7.20pm on December 20 and it has been off since 1am on Saturday, while his bank card has not been used.
On the day of the disappearance Lucy had dropped him off at another pub at 12.30pm where his last words to her were “love you, bye”.
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Anthony, of Orpington, Kent, is white, approximately 6ft and of medium build with medium-brown short gelled hair.
He was last seen wearing a black long-sleeve top, a dark denim suit-style jacket, dark denim jeans and black shoes.
His disappearance of is described as “very out of character” as friends say they are “really worried.”
