Three missing Witham schoolboys were today seen in Colchester, police have confirmed.

Ben Wilson - one of the three missing boys

Ben Wilson, nine, Rhys Hennebry, ten, and his brother Drew, 12, all went missing from their Witham homes at the weekend. But they were all spotted on foot together in Timber Hill, Colchester, between 9am and 10am today.

Police were first alerted to the missing children when Ben, of Philip Road, Witham, failed to return home on Saturday evening and his father contacted the police.

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Published Monday, January 31, 2005

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