Could new CCTV finally solve mystery of missing British woman in Caribbean?
New footage has been released of Sarm Heslop, just six hours before she vanished on her boyfriend’s yacht of the coast of St John island in the Caribbean (Picture: BBC/VIPD)
New footage could finally shine some light on the mysterious disappearance of a British woman in the Caribbean.
Sarm Heslop, 41, vanished from her boyfriend Ryan Bane’s yacht near St John in the US Virgin Islands on March 8, 2021.
The new footage shows the couple walking on a jetty in Cruz Bay before they board a dinghy to Bane’s 47ft, £500,000 Siren Song catamaran, just six hours before Sarm was reported missing.
Mr Bane, 49, has said that she must have either fallen overboard from the yacht or drowned while swimming as he was asleep.
Sarm with her boyfriend Ryan Bane, who was with her just hours before she went missing on his yacht (Picture: MEGA)
He noticed she was missing after being woken up by his anchor alarm at 2am.
However, he did not alert the coastguard until 11.46am the following morning.
Officers reported finding Mr Bane ‘heavily intoxicated’ and that he refused to allow them to search the boat and failed to provide paperwork.
Sarm’s family and friends have vowed to keep looking for evidence in order to ‘lay her to rest’ (Picture: PA)
He is yet to be formally questioned by police, the Telegraph reports.
The new CCTV clip will be shown in an upcoming BBC documentary entitled Missing in Paradise: Searching for Sarm, which will air on Wednesday.
Sarm’s mother Brenda and her close friends have vowed to keep searching for information in order to ‘lay her to rest’.
Sarm met Mr Bane seven months into a voyage across the Atlantic with friends (Picture: PA)
Accepting that her daughter is likely no longer alive, Brenda said she had not been able to ‘grieve properly’.
Sarm met Mr Bane in 2019, seven months into a sailing expedition across the Atlantic Ocean with friends.
The yacht owner rents out his luxury boat to wealthy clients.
Mr Bane’s £500,000 catamaran, named Siren Song, which he hired out to wealthy clients (Picture: MEGA)
While he claims the pair returned to the yacht at 10pm that night, the CCTV footage shows them boarding the dinghy for the boat at 8.45pm, a journey which would normally take just ten minutes.
Several hours passed before he reported her missing, a timeline labelled ‘suspicious’ by US Virgin Islands police commissioner Mario Brooks.
Mr Bane’s lawyer, David Cattie, who spoke to the BBC documentary, said there was no evidence the yacht owner was involved in Sarm’s disappearance and challenged any notion the sequence of events was unusual.
He said the timeline inconsistency could be explained by the stress Mr Bane was under.
Bombing in the southern Caribbean completely unjustifiable News If a speedboat heading north from South America allegedly filled with illegal drugs — and, for some reason, crewed by fully 11 people — turns around, turns south in the open sea, is it still intent on “invading” the United States in order to unload its nefarious cargo? If, in…
Venezuela says US marines raided a fishermen’s boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise News Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for…
British woman jailed in Dubai for 25 years ‘for single line of coke’ News Mia was at a party in Dubai before the police showed up (Picture: GoFundMe) A British law student has been given a life sentence in Dubai after being ‘busted at a party’, a prison cellmate has said. Mia O’Brien, 24, from Huyton, Merseyside, was given the harsh sentence after being…
British music icon, 76, admits to being ‘afraid of sex’ in new memoir Entertainment Legendary singer Lulu has reflected on six decades in the industry (Picture: Getty Images) A British music icon is releasing a new tell-all memoir in which she talks about how she was ‘afraid of sex’ as a young popstar. Scottish singer Lulu rose to fame in 1964 with her hit…
Jayden Daniels’ Girlfriend Remains a Mystery Amid Plenty of Rumors Sports Jayden Daniels does not appear to have a girlfriend, but that has not stopped the rumors from swirling amid the Washington Commanders quarterback’s success. Daniels’ Instagram page does not show any sign of a love interest and instead focuses on football, family and endorsements. There has been ongoing rumors linking…
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.
