“Do you realise the whole world is looking for you?”

BRENDAN BRADY only had enough money for a bottle of water, a tea and a croissant after spending more than €40 on a taxi as he desperately searched for his hotel on the day he disappeared.

When the 42-year-old was approached by police at the end of his five day ordeal on the streets of Paris, he feared the two officers were going to arrest him.

He told them: “I didn’t do anything wrong.” The policeman replied: “Do you not realise the whole world is looking for you?”