A VIDEO of a band performing at Porthleven Food Festival has captured the last known sighting of missing man James Parsons.

The video of Company B rocking the main stage on Friday evening was posted by the festival on its Instagram page.

But when a user imalextaylor watched the video he realised the missing man walked ibn front of the camera briefly at around 40 seconds in the video.

He posted: "What time was company B on? I can see missing person Frank Parsons at 40 seconds in the bottom left hand corner."

 

 

The query prompted a response from a member of the band's trumpet player Andrew Burton who said sgoing by the song being played he believed it was between it was 9.40-9.50pm.

This was confirmed by the author who said it was date stamped 9.40pm.

Devon and Cornwall police have been informed about the video.

James, who is known by various nicknames including 'Jimmy', 'Frank' and 'Fran,' had previously last been seen in the area of Harbour Road at around 7pm on Friday, April 22.

He has brown/grey wavy hair which is balding at the back, is clean shaven, and was last seen wearing blue shorts and a black hoodie.

It has been reported that James was spending a few days in Porthleven for the Food Festival but has not been heard from since.

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A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police have previously said: "Officers are appealing for residents in the Porthleven area to check their gardens, sheds, garages and any insecure outbuildings as searches continue for missing man, James Parsons.

"James, also known as ‘Frank’, ‘Fran’ and ‘Jimmy’, was last seen in Porthleven on Friday 22 April at around 7pm wearing shorts and a hoodie."

"He is described as a white male, around 5ft 10ins tall and of medium build.

"He has brown/grey wavy hair which is balding at the back and is clean shaven.

"He was last seen wearing blue shorts and a black hoodie."

"Anyone who sees James or knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact police on 999 quoting log 223 24/4/22."