Wife of missing Dubai sailor appeals for his safe return

THE wife of British sailor Timothy MacColl who is missing in Dubai today said her husband wants to be found.

• Scots born sailor has been missing for over a week

• Alarm raised after he missed arranged Skype call with his wife

Leading Seaman MacColl, 27, known as Timmy, was a member of the crew of HMS Westminster, which arrived in Dubai on 26 May before setting sail again last Thursday.

His family said the married father of two, whose wife is expectng their third child in October, was last seen by a shipmate getting into a taxi alone at about 2am on 27 May.

A Facebook appeal page featuring pictures of the missing sailor has been set up by his family.

He is said to have just left the Rock Bottom Bar at the Regent Hotel in the area of Deira, about a 15-minute drive from Port Rashid, where HMS Westminster was docked.

Leading Seaman MacColl, from Gosport in Hampshire, is originally from Killin, in Scotland.

His wife Rachael said the last time she spoke to him he had arranged their next internet video chat.

She said this morning: “He was really excited as we were going to Skype call the next day.

“He was moaning at me not to be late because I can sometimes take a while to get the computer up and running. He confirmed it with me at 2pm he would Skype from the Seaman’s Mission in Dubai and that call never came.”

She added: “I wouldn’t say he’s disappeared. He’s missing, my husband wants to be found.

“I’m not sure what’s happened to him but I know wherever he is he wants to be found.”