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The search is due to resume for a missing elderly couple whose car was found at a County Antrim harbour on Friday. | The search is due to resume for a missing elderly couple whose car was found at a County Antrim harbour on Friday. |
Police divers are to carry out a search at Ballintoy Harbour for Robin Wilson, 74, and his wife Margaret, 73. | Police divers are to carry out a search at Ballintoy Harbour for Robin Wilson, 74, and his wife Margaret, 73. |
Their car was found parked at the harbour with the keys in the lock. Money and personal belongings were found inside. | Their car was found parked at the harbour with the keys in the lock. Money and personal belongings were found inside. |
The couple, who are from Newtownabbey, often visited the north coast. | The couple, who are from Newtownabbey, often visited the north coast. |
Helicopters joined about 20 police and coastguard personnel as an intensive search got under way at the weekend. | Helicopters joined about 20 police and coastguard personnel as an intensive search got under way at the weekend. |
Rob Stevenson of the Belfast Coastguard said the weather had been very bad. | Rob Stevenson of the Belfast Coastguard said the weather had been very bad. |
An intensive search of the area has taken place at the weekend | |
"Nine out of ten times, if people fall in round that area, they tend to be in that vicinity," he said. | "Nine out of ten times, if people fall in round that area, they tend to be in that vicinity," he said. |
"Nobody has seen them or heard from them. You can't really speculate what's gone on. Yesterday our coastguard teams and the police searched 300 yards either side of Ballintoy... even that took a good four or five hours to search all that area. | "Nobody has seen them or heard from them. You can't really speculate what's gone on. Yesterday our coastguard teams and the police searched 300 yards either side of Ballintoy... even that took a good four or five hours to search all that area. |
"If they have gone into the sea or they've been out in that wind and cold over the last few days, it's not looking very good. But they may not even be there, they could be somewhere else." | "If they have gone into the sea or they've been out in that wind and cold over the last few days, it's not looking very good. But they may not even be there, they could be somewhere else." |
Police said they were increasingly concerned for their welfare. | Police said they were increasingly concerned for their welfare. |
Detectives are appealing for anyone who may have seen the couple to contact them. | Detectives are appealing for anyone who may have seen the couple to contact them. |