The family of a missing British journalist was wrongly told by Brazilian authorities his body had been found.
Dom Phillips, 57, who grew up in Bebington, Wirral, and his travelling partner Bruno Pereira, 41, went missing in a remote part of the Amazon last week with the family informed their bodies had been found tied to trees in the rainforest. Mr Phillips' family received a call on June 13 to notify them of the discovery but officials only suspected the bodies belonged to the missing men and never confirmed identities.
And the journalist's brother-in-law Paul Sherwood confirmed yesterday ambassador Fred Arruda had written to the family to say the statement was incorrect. The Guardian reported Mr Arruda said: "We are deeply sorry the embassy passed on to the family information that did not prove correct."
