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Заголовок Friends of missing Sarm Heslop have new hope for answers after police resignation
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Sarm Heslop, 41, vanished from a 47-foot luxury catamaran in the Caribbean in
March 2021 (Find Sarm)

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The friends of missing British sailor Sarm Heslop have renewed hope that
authorities in the Virgin Islands may now support their search following the
resignation of its police commissioner.

Sarm Heslop, 41, vanished from her American boyfriend Ryan Bane’s 47-foot
luxury catamaran in the Caribbean on 8 March 2021. He is believed to have been
the last person to see her alive.

Friends behind the campaign #JusticeForSarm said police commissioner Ray
Martinez previously “failed to engage” with the search for Ms Heslop - but he
has now resigned amid separate allegations of corruption• Борьба с коррупцией.

Campaigners have since written to island governor Albert Bryan asking him to
demonstrate his commitment to anti-corruption• Борьба с коррупцией and the US territory’s safety by
agreeing to meet with their family advocate, former Met detective David
Johnston
, who was hired to help find out what happened to Ms Heslop .

Ms Heslop was last seen in March 2021 (Find Sarm)

A #JusticeForSarm spokesperson said: “We have been seeking this meeting for
over 18 months and despite assurances from police commissioner Ray Martinez,
he failed to engage with us.

We see this as an opportunity for the governor to demonstrate his
zero-tolerance stance and reassure not just us, but the wider island community
that he supports openness, transparency and effective policing on the island.”

They added they were “shocked but not surprised” to hear Mr Martinez had quit.

Local reports suggest Mr Martinez is being investigated over misuse of funds
relating to a security contract awarded to his force.

Government house communications director, Richard Motta Jr, said in a
statement: “The administration has been informed that Ray Martinez, the
commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department, is implicated in an
ongoing federal investigation.

“Adhering to our zero-tolerance policy against corruption• Борьба с коррупцией, the governor has
accepted Mr Martinez’s resignation to ensure the integrity of our law
enforcement
efforts.”

Ms Heslop, a former flight attendant from Southampton in Hampshire, was last
seen boarding Mr Bane’s boat where she had been working as a chef on Caribbean
tours, after the couple matched on Tinder eight months earlier.

They had been out for dinner at the 420 to Center bar on St John, before
returning to the £500,000 catamaran.

Ray Martinez, who has resigned as police commissioner after being implicated
in an ongoing federal investigation, holds the US Honor Flag (Virgin Islands
Police Department Facebook Page)

At the time of her disappearance, Mr Bane said the couple watched Netflix and
fell asleep. He called 911 at about 2.35am the next morning, told police that
he had been woken by the anchor alarm and went to investigate – and realised
she was missing.

Ms Heslop’s wallet, passport and phone had been left on board, and he said she
might have fallen overboard.

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– a
nine-hour gap which her friends and now family want him to provide a timeline
for.

Mr Bane has never been formally interviewed by police and no forensic search
of the boat, Siren Song , was ever carried out.

Ryan Bane at a gym in the US (Find Sarm)

In the days after Ms Heslop’s disappearance, Mr Bane told family he was
searching for her as he reportedly hired an attorney and declined to be
interviewed by Virgin Islands police.

He sailed away shortly after and was spotted in Caribbean islands before
pictures recently emerged of him hitting the gym.

It is believed Mr Bane has returned to his family home in his home state of
Michigan and is now training to be a pilot .

Ms Heslop, right, with her mother Brenda Street (Courtesy of Heslop family)

Ms Heslop’s mother Brenda Street told The Mirror recently that she believes
police have been dragging their feet in the investigation.

She said: “I think corruption• Борьба с коррупцией on the island has affected this case. There are
too many things that don’t make sense and don’t add up. When we went to the
island
people wouldn’t speak to us about Sarm and on the posters asking for
information someone had gone round and scrubbed out the number to call.

“I know it could be to do with protecting tourism but listen – my beautiful
daughter has gone missing and I don’t give a s*** about how it affects
tourism.”

In a statement, a lawyer for Mr Bane said: “While we empathise with Sarm’s
family’s frustration, Ryan Bane had nothing to do with Sarm’s disappearance.
Ryan is heartbroken that Sarm went missing ... The coastguard was twice on the
vessel conducting a search and questioning Ryan. They had unfettered access to
the vessel and Ryan answered all questions posed to him.”

A UK Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are assisting the family of a
British woman who has been reported missing in the US Virgin Islands and are
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