Film producer in `missing' alert located

The film producer Robert Walpole (34), who was reported missing last week, has been located in France

The film producer Robert Walpole (34), who was reported missing last week, has been located in France. A Garda spokesman said that they no longer considered him missing. Mr Walpole has been staying in a hotel near the Spanish border.

Concern grew last week when Mr Walpole, of South Dock Street, Ringsend, Dublin, failed to keep appointments and to board a flight to London on Friday morning to attend a business meeting. He was reported missing on Friday evening.

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