Body found in search for Briton

Dec 29 2009

Police searching for a British graduate who went missing in a Swiss ski resort have found the body of a man, it was reported.

The discovery was made on Monday afternoon in Lauterbrunnen, near Wengen, according to Swiss media.

Myles Robinson was last seen in the early hours of last Tuesday as he walked a family friend back to her hotel in Wengen from the Blue Monkey bar.

The 23-year-old was staying with his family at the Hotel Eiger, only a few hundred yards away, but no trace of him has been found since.

Police have scoured the hotel where the family were staying using sniffer dogs.

The Swiss army was previously called in to help with helicopter searches of the area.

Mr Robinson, who studied at Newcastle University, was happy, his mother Sarah said, and his girlfriend was due to be flying out to spend New Year with him.

He was reportedly due to start a new job with a financial services company next week.

The Robinson family, from Wandsworth, south London, has visited the resort for 15 years.

Police said identification of the body would take place on Tuesday morning at the earliest.