Missing 2 days. Police Hunt. Mum worried. With a girl he met

[Fairportfan]

Missing partygoer who sparked police hunt had spent two days in bed with girl

A “mummy’s boy” who sparked a police hunt after vanishing on New Year’s Eve turned up safe and well - after spending two days in bed with a girl.

Cops issued an urgent appeal to track down Dale Rowlinson-Bates and began searching for him after his panic-stricken mum raised the alarm.

The 20-year-old’s photograph appeared on the front page of his local newspaper and a Facebook page was set up as fears grew for his safety.

But red-faced Dale eventually turned up at his mum’s home two days later - and admitted he had been with a girl he had met on New Year’s Eve.

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A pal said today: “Dale is a bit of a mummy’s boy and always rings his mum wherever he might be every day.

“His phone died on New Year’s Eve and then he pulled a girl but because he’d rang his mum earlier in the night he assumed she knew he was okay.

“It must have been the ultimate walk of shame when he walked through the door two days later and realised his mum had quite literally sent out a search party looking for him.”

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[Mark N]

I think her apron strings are a bit too tight.

[Fairportfan]

I think her apron strings are a bit too tight.

The thing is, though, that it was a complete break of pattern on a night when he'd been out late drinking (and quite possibly Doing Other Things).