Briton who went missing after Benidorm stag do has been found

Jason Taylor was last seen walking away from the Alicante-Elche airport after his boarding pass was rejected

A Welsh man who mysteriously vanished just before he was set to fly home from a stag do in Benidorm has been safely reunited with his family, police said.

Jason Taylor was due to board a flight from Alicante-Elche airport on Saturday morning after a trip to the popular Spanish resort with friends.

But the 36-year-old, from Powys, Wales, became separated from the group after his boarding pass was rejected at the gate and he went to find help from airport staff, his friend Gaz Edmunds said.

His disappearance sparked a massive social media campaign with his concerned family flying out to the party destination favoured by Britons to join the search.

But later on Tuesday his aunt Robbie Fitzgerald posted on Facebook: “Jason has been found and is currently with family. Thank you all so much for helping get the word out there.”

Mr Taylor was last seen on CCTV spending around five minutes in the queue before walking away and leaving the airport, according to his wife.

“This was the last we saw or heard from him. It is very unlike Jason and the family is worried sick. Jason was not ill or drunk or incapable,” Mr Edmunds wrote in an appeal on social media.

Mr Taylor was last seen walking away from the airport shortly after his boarding pass was rejected (Creative Commons)

His wife had said she had “no idea” why her husband left the airport and she thought he would have got lost after going for a walk to “clear his head”.

Dyfed-Powys Police, who issued an appeal for him, said in an update: “Found. Jason, who was reported missing in Spain, has been found and is with his family.

“Thank you to everyone who shared the appeal.”