Hull: Ongoing search for Charlie Allan

Message from Humberside Police:

Officers will be concentrating their searching in and around the River Hull today as part of our ongoing efforts to find missing Charlie Allan from Hull.  This is after footage was recovered that appears to show a person falling into the river in the early hours of Sunday 19 January.

Charlie was last seen leaving Spiders nightclub on Cleveland Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, before walking alone in the direction of Chapman Street. He was reported missing later that evening by his family after he had failed to get in contact with anyone.  

Superintendent Matthew Peach said: “Since the time Charlie was reported missing our enquiries have included completing extensive searches in the area, speaking with friends who were out with Charlie on Saturday.  We also have spoken with family members and reviewed CCTV from all of the possible routes that Charlie could have taken after leaving the club and unfortunately not returning home.

“As part of these ongoing enquires, CCTV footage has been recovered that shows a person walking alone in the Wincolmlee area before they seem to fall into the river. At this time we cannot definitively identify the person, but Charlie’s family have been updated that we are considering the possibility that this could be Charlie.

“We are doing all we can to support to Charlie’s family and keep them up to date with our searches and we continue to ask members of the public to share any information they have about Charlie’s night out.”

Anyone with any information is asked to get in touch by calling our non-emergency 101 line quoting log 533 of 19/01/20. 

We would particularly appeal for any taxi drivers or other road users with dash cam footage from around 3am in the bankside area to review their footage to see if they can see Charlie.

Our missing person appeal is on the following link: https://www.humberside.police.uk/missing/charlie-allan