Police appeal for help to trace missing Italian man

Police are appealing for help to trace an Italian man who
hasn’t contacted his family since arriving in Scotland last month.

Francesco Ioppolo, 39, travelled to Edinburgh on Monday,
November 11 but since then his family in Italy have lost contact with him and are
growing concerned.

Inspector Keith Forrester, from Corstorphine Police Station,
said: “Francesco’s family have told us that it is unusual for him not to keep
in touch.

“I would therefore ask anyone who has seen Francesco to
contact us. Likewise, if Francesco himself sees this message, please can you
contact us to let us know that you are okay.

“You can reach us via 101 quoting incident number 2871 of
December 27 2019, thank you.”

The also appealed directly to Mr Ioppolo in Italian, adding:
“Francesco, per favore puoi contattarci per farci sapere che stai bene. Tutte
le informazioni sono confidenziali. Si prega di telefonare al numero “101” per
l’incidente 2871 del 27/12/2019, grazie.”