Search of Mersey at Kingsway Bridge was no hoax say police

9:53am Wednesday 28th November 2012 in News

The emergency services at the scene on Saturday The emergency services at the scene on Saturday

POLICE say a search of the Mersey on Saturday morning was no hoax.

Emergency services were called around 10am to report a moped was in the Mersey near the Kingsway Bridge.

Police divers and the fire service searched the river and found a bike but no body.

A spokesman said: “We believe the call was made with good intent.”

Comments(6)

moleogod says...
10:24am Wed 28 Nov 12

so they didn't find a body but they find the bike so there is no chance that the water swept the body away Ok then must be a hoax

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moleogod says...
5:34pm Wed 28 Nov 12

hope they find the missing person. for the family

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old-codger says...
5:45pm Wed 28 Nov 12

The moped will be registered to somebody, If that person cant be found then its not looking very good..

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Antbee123 says...
8:38pm Wed 28 Nov 12

They wanna make there minds up , first they say its a body then a hoax and now its not a hoax but we can't find a body ! Has the bike been reported stolen ? Have they checked to see who it's registered too ??? Before they tell the public

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MikeJT says...
9:06am Thu 29 Nov 12

Antbee123 wrote:
They wanna make there minds up , first they say its a body then a hoax and now its not a hoax but we can't find a body ! Has the bike been reported stolen ? Have they checked to see who it's registered too ??? Before they tell the public
Who wants to make up their minds? I haven't read anywhere where the emergency services have said it was a hoax. Yes, the guardian did report it was a false alarm BUT this information did not appear to come from the emergency services. Also, there is a difference between hoax (maliciously made prank call) and a false alarm (call made with the best of intentions but where the initial reason for the call turned out to be incorrect).

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old-codger says...
10:35am Thu 29 Nov 12

W G want to make up their minds,, They have a habit of half reporting rather than getting the full facts,

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