Jack O'Sullivan: Family frustrated as search for missing student hits ANOTHER stumbling block

The household of Bristol pupil Jack O'Sullivan, including parent Catherine, person had to look different occupation successful the hunt for the 23-year-old aft constabulary refused to stock his telephone data

The household of a young antheral astatine the centre of a missing person probe person go frustrated aft different hold successful trying to find retired what happened to him.

Catherine O'Sullivan has been disquieted sick since her 23-year-old lad Jack vanished connected March 2 successful Bristol. He was past seen successful the country of Brunel Lock Road and Brunely Way astatine astir 3.15am.

After a agelong fewer months, Mrs O'Sullivan thought she was yet going to beryllium capable to cheque her son's telephone information aft a long conflict of trying to get clasp of it. However, the mum, who was "thrilled" to yet beryllium making immoderate progress, was dealt a monolithic stroke erstwhile police said they couldn't analyse his telephone records oregon legally springiness them the information from EE.

The worrying genitor thought it whitethorn clasp a hint to what the young man's last movements were earlier his disappearance. Catherine is present having to committee the family's ain forensic specialists to transportation retired a vigor frequence survey (RF) to analyse immoderate clues the telephone information mightiness reveal.

However, due to the fact that of however agelong it has been, the household fearfulness the survey won't beryllium precise accurate, oregon arsenic close arsenic the constabulary 1 which has already been completed, MailOnline reports. A spokesperson for the Find Jack Facebook radical wrote: "In bid to america to beryllium capable to effort to way Jack's route, we request an RF survey.

"This is the signifier of measuring cellular and wifi vigor transmissions and matching them against telephone information to assistance find wherever a mobile telephone oregon wifi-enabled instrumentality was located astatine a peculiar time. We cognize Avon & Somerset (police) did an RF survey and truthful Jack's household asked for it to assistance the analysis. They were refused.

"Because they don't privation to person the battle, they person commissioned the forensics institution to execute 1 which takes invaluable time. That's wherefore we person thing to report. It's besides worthy adding that it is acold amended to person the constabulary mentation arsenic it is apt to beryllium much close than 1 performed now."

One starring forensics institution commented connected the station astir RF surveys and timings saying: "Hugely important to stitchery survey measurements arsenic adjacent to the clip of value arsenic imaginable to debar the nonaccomplishment of the evidence. The grounds astatine this constituent is the representation of sum each web provides to your important location, which may, if near excessively long, alteration a fewer months later."

Avon and Somerset Police said the surveys it conducted didn't shed immoderate caller airy connected what whitethorn person happened to Jack and they were legally blocked from sharing data. A spokesperson added: "Officers person conducted an in-depth investigation of Jack's telephone usage and information movements aft his past confirmed sighting, this has included receiving accusation from Jack's telephone provider. Unfortunately, this accusation has not taken america immoderate further successful our bid to find Jack. In August, we received a petition from the Jack's household requesting a transcript of the data.

"Unfortunately, owed to the strict handling and retention requirements laid retired successful Home Office Communications Data Code of Practice, which applies to information obtained nether conception 60A of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, arsenic good arsenic GDPR and Data Protection, we person been incapable to fulfil this petition arsenic the instrumentality does not let america to stock it. By disclosing this information to a 3rd party, officers would beryllium incapable to comply with the requirements acceptable retired successful law, including having nary power implicit however it is stored, if it is shared beyond the agreed parameters and if it is retained beyond the legally permitted clip period. The accusation besides holds backstage information belonging to different members of the public."

Jack's mum Catherine has vowed not to springiness up until she gets answers. She wrote connected the Facebook page: " Jack is 1 of the astir important things successful my beingness and I volition not springiness up until I get an answer. We person nary enactment from the authorities that should beryllium helping truthful it's wholly down to our family, friends and the nationalist to support up the fight. lease, delight proceed to stock our plea of assistance to find Jack. Many thanks, Catherine (and each astatine squad Jack) Any accusation tin beryllium sent to [email protected]."

On the nighttime earlier helium was past seen, the Bristol pupil met with 3 friends for a nighttime retired and travelled from his colony of Flax Bourton to a Wetherspoons successful the metropolis centre. At astir 10.45pm helium substance his parent that they headed to a location enactment successful Hotwells. Just earlier 2am, helium again substance his parent that helium was harmless and getting successful an Uber. However, portion astatine the party, Jack fell down the stairs and deed his head, shoving a partygoer who made amusive of him. He near the enactment conscionable aft 3am and hasn't been seen since.

Police person footage of a person, who could beryllium Jack, walking on the Bennett Way gaffe roadworthy astatine 3.38am and the youngster attempted to telephone a pistillate person who was inactive astatine the enactment astatine 3.24am. When the person called backmost 10 minutes later, Jack answered but lone said 'hello' earlier the telephone chopped off. His telephone remained progressive connected Find My Friends until 6.44am. It past pinged connected Granby Hill. Jack is described arsenic white, astir 5ft 10ins (178cm) tall, of slim physique and with short, brownish hair.