Police appeal to find missing 79-year-old Mansfield man

Frank Barker was reported missing from the Edwinstowe area at around 9.35am this morning (Friday July 17).

The 79-year-old is white, of large build and around 5ft 7ins tall.

He is described as having a bald head, normally wearing glasses, a blue woolly hat, blue cardigan, dark trousers and blue trainers.

Anyone with any information should call 101, quoting incident number 174 of 17 July 2020.

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