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The devastated family of Levi Davis are facing more frustrating delays in finding out what has happened to the X Factor star as red tape holds up Spanish cops' search for the missing Brit.
Spanish officials said there will be no port or sea searches for Levi, 24, in the near future because a judge investigating his disappearance is still waiting for a report from coastguards.
It comes after his mother Julie Davis revealed police told her they now believe a man spotted in difficulties in the sea by crew on a cruise liner docking in Barcelona was likely to be her son who vanished in October.
Julie criticised the delay in her receiving information about the cruise ship sighting and branded Spanish police as 'slow'.
Today she was facing more frustration after it was confirmed there is still no news on when and whether an exhaustive search for her missing son will take place to see if a body or other evidence pointing to his whereabouts can be found.
A Spanish judge would have to authorise the search of the waters and other areas around Barcelona port.
Overnight sources at the High Court of Justice of Catalonia confirmed: 'The investigating judge is waiting for a coastguard report informing on everything that's been done.
'There's no request by the judge for any type of search at present. Once this report is received, the following steps will be considered.'
Another well-placed source, explaining the investigating judge's role in the case, added: 'When cases have been judicialized as this one has, the judge decides on things as and when they're requested.
'Once the judge receives the report and sees what work the local coastguards have done, he'll be able to decide whether he can approve new procedures or not.'
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Spanish officials said there will be no port or sea searches for Levi, 24, in the near future because a judge investigating his disappearance is still waiting for a report from coastguards.
It comes after his mother Julie Davis revealed police told her they now believe a man spotted in difficulties in the sea by crew on a cruise liner docking in Barcelona was likely to be her son who vanished in October.
Julie criticised the delay in her receiving information about the cruise ship sighting and branded Spanish police as 'slow'.
Today she was facing more frustration after it was confirmed there is still no news on when and whether an exhaustive search for her missing son will take place to see if a body or other evidence pointing to his whereabouts can be found.
A Spanish judge would have to authorise the search of the waters and other areas around Barcelona port.
Overnight sources at the High Court of Justice of Catalonia confirmed: 'The investigating judge is waiting for a coastguard report informing on everything that's been done.
'There's no request by the judge for any type of search at present. Once this report is received, the following steps will be considered.'
Another well-placed source, explaining the investigating judge's role in the case, added: 'When cases have been judicialized as this one has, the judge decides on things as and when they're requested.
'Once the judge receives the report and sees what work the local coastguards have done, he'll be able to decide whether he can approve new procedures or not.'
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Frustration for Levi Davis's family as red tape holds up cops' search
Spanish officials said there will be no port and sea searches for Levi Davis in the near future because a judge investigating his disappearance is still waiting for a report from coastguards.
