Tourist Missing After Gambling Binge
AUSTRALIA – As reported by the UK Daily Telegraph: "A British tourist is missing after apparently gambling away the money for her return flight to London at Star City casino.
"Frances Mary Embleton, 24, from London, was last seen at the Three Wise Monkeys bar, in Sydney's CBD, last Saturday afternoon.
"Police said she told a bar patron she had gambled her savings at the Star City Casino and could not make the final payment on her fight to London.
"Friends became concerned when she did not show up for a planned farewell party later that night.
"Ms Embleton, who had been in Australia on a 12-month working visa, also missed her flight from Sydney airport last Monday.
"…She is European in appearance, of slim build with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms Embleton was last seen wearing a singlet or white top, black cargo pants and black thongs…"
2006-04-30
