Haunting CCTV shows Dr Michael Mosley’s last movements before vanishing in Greece as divers, drones & dogs join search

HAUNTING CCTV footage appears to show British presenter Michael Mosley just half an hour after he left his wife at a beach in Greece.

Still pictures seemingly taken from the video show the TV doctor dressed in a dark shirt and a cap, resting an umbrella on his shoulder.

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The BBC star is understood to have disappeared on Wednesday after he left St Nicholas Beach on the Greek island of Symi to walk back to the village of Pedi, where he was staying with his wife and two pals.

Cops feared he may have "fallen from a height" while walking along a rocky path that would have taken him from the beach back to Pedi.

But new CCTV reportedly showed Dr Mosley strolling under the cover of an umbrella after he walked the dangerous path - which only takes about 10 minutes to walk, according to the mayor of Symi.

Dr Mosley was walking past a restaurant in Pedi in the CCTV video, Greek newspaper Proto Thema reports.

The update comes as divers join cops, volunteers, and firefighters in the massive search for the missing British star.

Some have reported that Dr Mosley told his wife and pals on the beach that he was feeling unwell before he decided to return to Pedi.

Greek journalist Ionna Niaoti told Talk TV: "It is understood that about 1.30pm local time, he said he was not feeling very well and he wanted to return home.

"So he went to a coastal path reaching the closest the village of Pedi, and this was the last time somebody saw him in Pedi."

With search and rescue personnel today "combing" the island, and a sniffer dog and drones deployed, a Symi local has come forward to allege that they saw Dr Mosley standing at a bus stop in Pedi some 30 minutes after he was understood to have left St Nicholas Beach.

To reach the house where he was staying, Dr Mosley would have had to walk a path of about 1,000 metres and then take a bus, Greek media reports.

Deputy Mayor of Symi Nikitas Gryllis said: "The route is passable, it is a passable path. Many old people and foreigners do it. It is only dangerous if you go near the rocks.

"There is testimony that he was seen at two in the afternoon at the bus stop. There is no information if he got on the bus and if he got off at a certain stop.

"The person who saw him has also told this to the Police and the Fire Department."

Search and rescue teams aided by a sniffer dog were today focused on retracing Dr Mosley's last known steps on Symi.

Ever available coast guard was deployed as locals branded the doctor's disappearance "strange".

Divers were said to be "looking into the water" with the help of the Hellenic Coast Guard after search personnel "looked everywhere" else, the island's deputy mayor Ilias Chaskas told BBC News.

A sniffer dog was brought from Athens to walk the same rocky path Dr Mosley supposedly took alone to get back to his accommodation, and all CCTV footage captured by Pedi businesses was examined - but nothing of note was found.

Speaking with The Sun, the security officer leading search and rescue operations in the southern Aegean revealed earlier today: "We'll retrace his footsteps, we'll scour the entire area.

"The arrival of the dog, trained by police for exactly this kind of situation, is crucial."

A team of five Rhodes-based investigators were also set to arrive on the tiny isle today to take witness statements and expand the probe.

The cop said: "People will be brought in for questioning as we go into the next phase of the investigation."

Around 30 coastguard personnel were today committed to looking for the father-of-four, The Telegraph reports.

This is a small place and it is difficult for a man to just disappear

Eleftherios PapakalodoukasMayor of Symi

Mayor Papakalodoukas said the operation's focus had to "turn to the sea" after other search options were exhausted.

He said: "This is a small place and it is difficult for a man to just disappear," adding that the area was "controlled" and full of people "so if something happened to him there, we would have found him by now".

It is the mayor's belief that Dr Mosley, who is a columnist for the Daily Mail, likely either "followed another path" or fell into the sea.

Police initially said the doctor may have "fallen from a height" or lost consciousness on the short hike home from the beach.

One woman in the area claimed the disappearance was particularly "strange" because the path Dr Mosley was believed to have taken back to his accommodation was "clear".

She said: "It's a quiet place … if you see the map of the area it's a clear path, it's nothing dangerous.

"Many people go every day, every few minutes, that's the reason it's very strange because it's a clear path."

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