Ryan Bane has refused to let police search his catamaran, where he and Sarm Heslop had lived for several monthsCrucial hours were lost in the hunt for a British tourist missing in the US Virgin Islands because the police and her boyfriend failed to alert the US Coast Guard, the territory’s police commissioner admitted yesterday. Ryan Bane was “instructed” by the police at about 2.30am on March 8 that he should alert the US Coast Guard after he told them that his girlfriend, Sarm Heslop, had vanished from his yacht, Trevor Velinor told The Times. In the nine hours before Bane did so the police did not summon help either. Sponsored“Absolutely it’s concerning that the Coast Guard wasn’t contacted immediately,” the commissioner said. “They should have been contacted by Mr Bane and Virgin Islands police.” The delay by both the American skipper

Source: The Times March 29, 2021 22:52 UTC