South Wales Police say there is concern for the welfare of Janine Evans
The last known sighting of missing Janine Evans(Image: South Wales Police)
Police are appealing for help to locate a woman who was last seen at a Wetherspoon pub in Cardiff city centre. Officers for South Wales Police say there is concern for the welfare of Janine Evans, who has not been seen since Monday.
It comes after Gwent Police launched its own appeal to try and find Ms Evans who was last seem in The Prince Of Wales pub. The appeal describes what Ms Evans was last seen wearing, in the hopes of triggering the memory of anyone who may have seen the 53-year-old. Police have encouraged anyone with information to come forward.
New CCTV images have also been released of her last known sighting.
A CCTV image shows Ms Evans in the Prince of Wales in Cardiff(Image: South Wales Police)
A statement from South Wales Police read: “Janine Evans, 53, is missing and there is concern for her welfare.
“Janine was last seen at home in Ebbw Vale on Sunday morning and then at the Prince of Wales pub on St Mary Street, Cardiff city centre at 4.40pm on Monday.
“She was wearing black trainers, blue jeans, a light-coloured jumper, a black padded coat which appears to have a green lining and a black shoulder bag.
“Anyone who has seen Janine or has information on her whereabouts is asked to please contact us ref: 2500241356.”
If you have any information to share with police, you can do so via its live chat platform, by filling in a form on its website, or calling 101.
Janine Evans, who has gone missing(Image: Gwent Police)
South Wales Police says it receives, on average, more than 8,000 missing persons reports every year.
It says a missing person is defined as someone whose whereabouts cannot be established, and that they will be considered missing until they care located and their wellbeing or otherwise is established.
Its website reads: “Often the missing person themselves does not consider themselves ‘missing’, however until they are sighted safe and well by police as a result of the concerns raised for them, they will be classed as a missing person.
“While we appreciate our communities’ concerns when a person goes missing, and the genuine offers of help and support, we kindly ask that the public don’t conduct their own searches.
“We ask this for a number of reasons; our searches are coordinated by highly-trained, well-equipped search experts who take an intelligence-led, methodical approach which everyone involved understands and follows.”
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