Marnie Clayton found safe and well in Basingstoke

Police arrested a 21-year-old man from Reading in connection with the incident

Author: Jonathan RichardsPublished 17th Jan 2022
Last updated 18th Jan 2022

Missing 18-year-old Marnie Clayton, from Bracknell, has been found safe and well in Basingstoke after what Thames Valley Police say was a 'significant' investigation involving Police in Hampshire.

Marnie was reported missing in the early hours of Sunday morning after leaving the Atik night club in Windsor and an urgent investigation was launched to locate her.

Police say she was located in Basingstoke on Monday afternoon.

A 21-year-old man from Reading, has been arrested in Basingstoke by officers from Hampshire Constabulary on suspicion of battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, breach of police bail, false imprisonment and making threats to kill.

He remains in police custody.

Local Policing Area Commander for Windsor and Maidenhead, Superintendent Michael Greenwood, said:

"I am delighted to be able to confirm that we have located Marnie safe and well and returned her home to her family, who were naturally extremely concerned for her.

"This outcome is the result of fantastic work from officers and staff from both Thames Valley Police and our colleagues in Hampshire, when, working on information received from some of the hundreds of calls since Marnie was reported missing, we have managed to locate her.

"I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the many thousands of members of the public who shared our appeal to locate her and extend this also to the local and national media.

"It cannot be underestimated how important the information received was in locating Marnie safe and well.

"I am very proud of all of our officers and staff and colleagues in Hampshire for their work, and also all of the members of our local community who shared appeals and called us with the information which has helped us bring Marnie home."

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