Thames Valley Police

Philippa Handy, who runs a vintage store, says she faces weekly incidents of shoplifting and has taken to putting pictures of offenders in her windows.

Dean, who was 34 years old at the time of his disappearance, was last seen at the Starting Gate pub in Newbury.

Officers said the woman had been speaking with a man near to the Travelodge on Abingdon Road at around 11:50pm on Tuesday prior to the incident.