Mum forced to fund search for missing son, 16, after being 'let down' by Police Scotland
dailyrecord.co.ukThe mum of a missing teenager said she has been let down by Police Scotland after being left to fund her own search for her son.Aleksandr Benga, 16, vanished from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides on November 18.
He was last seen near Lews Castle earlier that morning as temperatures dropped to -9C.A major police search for the vulnerable teen was stood down after two weeks.
He has not been seen since. His distraught mum Viktorija Benga slammed Police Scotland after the force told her they did not have the resources to continue physical searches.The 46-year-old told the Record: "When the police told me they were ending the search for Aleksandr, I was heartbroken.
I feel really let down. "They said they simply don't have the resources to look for my missing child. After two weeks the extra help was deployed elsewhere. "I've been left to search for Aleksandr on my own.
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