It was revealed that police did not check the hospital's CCTV footage on the day that Mr Fenton went missing, and they did not attempt to trace his mobile phone signal for almost 12 hours after they were called to investigate.

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The office worker, whose body has never been recovered, went missing in Edinburgh following the May Day holiday that year.

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