Police find ‘possible evidence’ of missing teenager linked to Fred West

A police tent outside The Clean Plate cafe in Southgate Street, Gloucester (PA)

Excavation work is to begin at a cafe in Gloucester in the UK after police found “possible evidence” of where a suspected teenage victim of serial killer Fred West may be buried.

Forensic archaeologists have been undertaking exploratory work at the Clean Plate cafe in Southgate Street in connection with the disappearance of 15-year-old Mary Bastholm who was last seen alive in January 1968.