Missing Brit is found dead in Lanzarote after missing flight home

A Brit has been found dead on holiday in Lanzarote after missing his flight home with his friend.

Robert Campbell, 44, from Scotland, had been enjoying his first-ever holiday abroad when he vanished having been due to fly home on Thursday last week.

Shortly before the flight, Mr Campbell became unwell and was taken to hospital. But after being examined, the Scot was deemed well enough to fly home.

Mr Campbell then became separated from his friend Paddy at the airport shortly before the flight and was unable to be contacted, it was reported.

Mr Campbell’s family then issued appeals to help find him as two of them flew out to the island’s capital Las Palmas to find him.

His sister, Margueritte Devine, confirmed the tragic news that her brother was found dead on Tuesday.

The family has launched a GoFundMe page to help cover some of the costs of bringing Mr Campbell’s body home to Uddington, in South Lanarkshire, and to pay for his funeral.

A vulnerable Scot who vanished in Lanzarote after failing to board his flight home with a pal has tragically been found dead. Robert Campbell had been due to fly home on Thursday, May 11, after enjoying his first holiday abroad but took unwell and had to go to hospital. The 44-year-old had to be checked out medically and receive fit to fly approval, meaning he and friend Paddy became separated at the airport. Worried family and friends issued heartfelt appeals for help to find Robert, from Uddingston, while two loved ones flew out to Las Palmas to look for him. — Robert Campbell was on his first holiday abroad with a pal when he missed his flight home

Ms Devine wrote: ‘Sadly our brother died in Lanzarote yesterday and we’re left with a bill of 6 and 10 thousand pounds in funeral fees.

‘We are desperate to get him home asap so I am writing this to reach out from my heart to help us bring him home.’

Tributes have been paid to the Scot on social media with friends and family calling him ‘one of the best’.

One friend, sharing the GoFundMe page, wrote: ‘Could everyone please share this and help us get our uncle Rab home asap where he belongs.’

She added: ‘One of our family members and friends flew over to Lanzarote to find him and bring him home but unfortunately they were sadly too late so we are all heartbroken and devastated and shocked.’

Sharing photos of Mr Campbell, another wrote: ‘Gutted to hear the passing of our Uncle who was reported missing in Lanzarote has been found dead. First time going on holiday and not returning. R.I.P.’

Another said: ‘R.I.P cuz. You are one of the best. Sending lots love to my cousins thinking about you all, love you.’

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