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Amelia Bambridge: Body found in search for British woman missing in Cambodia, police say

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Amelia Bambridge: Body found in search for British woman missing in Cambodia, police say

The body of missing British backpacker Amelia Bambridge has been found at sea, Cambodian police have said.

A search team came across the body floating in the Gulf of Thailand more than 30 miles northwest of the island of Koh Rong, where the 21-year-old was last seen a week ago.

“Based on the identity given to us, the tattoo on her body and the clothes she was last seen in, we believe it is her,” said Lieutenant General Tea Sokha, deputy commander of Cambodia’s navy.

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Detectives have previously said they feared Bambridge, from Worthing in West Sussex, may have drowned.

The body will be taken to the mainland city of Sihanoukville for an autopsy and formal identification, reported the Khmer Times, an English-language newspaper in Phnom Penh.

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Tim Loughton, MP for East Worthing and Shoreham,  tweeted: “Devastated to hear the terribly sad news about Amelia Bambridge this morning. The thoughts and prayers of everyone in Worthing are with her family and friends.”

Bambridge was last seen at a beach party in the early hours of 24 October. Her bag, still containing money and a mobile phone, was later discovered on a rock near the shore and her passport was found in the hostel room where she was staying after she failed to check out.

About 150 people joined the search for the backpacker, with divers, navy and police drafted in.

Bambridge’s parents and brother travelled to Cambodia last week to help look for her, and said they feared she had been abducted.

Police have questioned more than 20 people, some of them reportedly local bar workers, about her disappearance but no arrests have been made.

The police chief for Preah Sihanouk province said on Wednesday he believed Bambridge had drowned.

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