Australian police have shown British backpacker Joanne Lees video footage of man who fits the description of her Outback abductor.

Police searching for British backpacker Peter Falconio have released security pictures of a man fitting the description of his suspected kidnapper.

Police investigating the disappearance of Peter Falconio in Australia say they do not think a body found in scrub is that of the missing backpacker.

Australian police hunting a man wanted in connection with the disappearance of British tourist Peter Falconio today released a new photofit of the suspect.

Police hunting for a missing British tourist revealed today that the man suspected of abducting and possibly murdering him was carrying a revolver.

The girlfriend of a British man believed to have been shot in the Australian outback today denied reports that she had criticised police leading the hunt for his attacker.

The English tourist who escaped a gunman in a central Australian ambush nine days ago stepped into the sunshine in Alice Springs today to go shopping.

A gunman who is believed to have shot dead a British tourist in the Australian outback may have evaded roadblocks and left the area.

Forensic tests were today being carried out on a footprint found near the scene of the gunpoint abduction of a British man in the Australian Outback.

Australian police hunting for missing British tourist Peter Falconio have reportedly been involved in a shoot-out with a man who walked into a hotel brandishing a gun.

The girlfriend of a British tourist missing in the Australian Outback has quashed rumours she was sexually assaulted by the man who attacked them.

Australian police searching for Briton Peter Falconio and his suspected killer say blood found at the scene almost certainly belongs to the victim.

Australian police may have made a breakthrough in the hunt for the man who abducted, and probably killed, a British tourist.

Australian Police took DNA swabs from the father and brother of a missing English tourist today in a bid to identify blood found at the outback site where he is believed to have been shot by a gunman.

The stepfather of British tourist Joanne Lees, who escaped from a gunman who is believed to have killed her boyfriend, arrived in Australia today as the massive police manhunt continued for the suspected murderer and his victim.

Today’s reconstruction of the Australian attack in which one tourist vanished and his partner was abducted, lasted three hours.

Police in Australia are following hundreds of leads in the search for a man who attacked a British couple travelling around the continent.

British tourist Joanne Lees, who managed to escape from a gunman suspected of murdering her boyfriend on a remote Australian desert highway says she fears the attacker will strike again.

The girlfriend of a British tourist feared to have been shot dead during an ambush in the Australian outback today said she felt lucky to be alive.

Rainfall today hampered efforts by police and Aborigine trackers to find a British tourist abducted and feared killed by a gunman on a remote highway.