Fears are growing for a British tourist who has been missing for four days after a night out in Portugal’s Algarve.

Greg Monks, 38, had travelled to the party resort of Albufeira for a five-day stag do.

His parents and his girlfriend Nicole Ashleigh Kelso have now flown to the nearby Faro Airport to search for the Glaswegian as his disappearance is seen as ‘completely out of character.’

His sister Jillian sounded the alert on Friday, saying that he had last been seen in the early hours of Wednesday on his way back to the apartment he was staying in.

She wrote on an Albufeira website for UK expats: ‘My brother has not been since Tuesday evening.

‘If you are currently there and have any information place contact me with any info.’

Jillian revealed that police had placed her brother around Cerro da Aguia, a ridge overlooking the coastline, on the outskirts of Albufeira, on the night he vanished.

The hill with residential properties is more than an hour’s walk west of the Albufeira Strip where Greg is thought to have left his friends, whereas the Novochoro Apartments he had checked into on Tuesday night is a 30-minute walk north.

Responding to the wave of support from British holidaymakers and expats as well as locals, Jillian said in a new Facebook post late last night: ‘Hi all.
Thank you for all information and shares and we truly appreciate it. There have still been no sightings or no updates at present.

‘As previously stated, this is so unlike Greg and we are truly desperate for answers.

‘I am now seeking help from residents of the Cerro da Aguia area to please check any home cameras or doorbell footage around between 2am and 5am on Wednesday as police believe he was in the area around this time.

‘Please share this if you know anyone in the area. Asking for people that live in Cerro da Aguia that have cameras that cover the street or parts of the street to send me a message with their name and phone number.’

Hospitals have been checked without success, but police are not thought to have yet carried out an exhaustive search of medical centres.

Jillian described Greg as a ‘really hard worker’ in his job and a ‘quiet guy’ whose disappearance immediately ‘threw up a red flag’.

She also revealed that he has a Thor-type Viking unfinished tattoo at the top of his right arm which would be visible if he was wearing a vest top or had no shirt on.

A GoFundMe appeal set up on behalf of the family to help the hunt for Greg has reached more than £12,500 this morning.

Organiser Gillian McCallum wrote on behalf of the tourist’s parents: ‘Our son Greg Monks went to Portugal for a stag do on Tuesday, May 27, and on the first night back out there he never returned to his hotel and has now been missing for three days.

‘We are desperately seeking Greg’s safe return and need your help.

‘There are professional search teams out looking for Greg and the family have all flown out to try to help find him but don’t know how long their stay will be.

‘They are doing everything they can. Every donation, no matter the size, will make a difference in our efforts to bring Greg home.’

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