A vulnerable man with dementia has been found after he went missing from his home in North Tyneside.
At around 4am on Tuesday (January 31), police received a report that an elderly man had gone missing from his address in Backworth, North Tyneside. Thankfully, however, was located and safely returned home by officers from Northumbria Police - within forty minutes of the first report.
Following the initial report, officers and the Force’s Dog Section were deployed and searches were carried out in a bid to locate the 88-year-old man.