Found Deceased Portugal - Joel Eldridge, 29, from the UK, Macieira, Serta 17 July 2018

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Sussex Police

Missing since end of July, last known to be in Portugal but may have travelled back to U.K. This is my town and although I do not know him personally we have mutual friends.

 

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Sussex mum’s desperate appeal to find son missing in Portugal for almost four months

 

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Police investigating the disappearance of a British man in Portugal have discovered a body.

Joel Eldridge, from Bexhill, East Sussex, was reported missing last August, prompting Portuguese police to launch a murder investigation.

Sussex Police say they believe he has "come to harm at the hands of others".

Body find in search for UK man missing in Portugal

 

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I assume he was identified
Parents of Joel Eldridge make heartbreaking appeal to bring him home - Portugal Resident

 

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Drug dealer who killed mum and child charged with axe murder of Sussex man in Portugal

A drug dealer who is serving life in prison for murdering a mother and her young son over a debt has been charged with the murder of a British…

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A drug dealer who is serving life in prison for murdering a mother and her young son over a £400 debt has been charged with the brutal murder of a British man in Portugal. Jacob Barnard and his enforcer Andrew Milne were jailed for a total of 70 years at Brighton Crown Court in May 2021 for setting fire to the home of Gina Ingles, 34, her four-year-old son Milo and partner Toby Jarrett. The 33-year-old is now facing extradition to stand trial for the murder of British ex-pat Joel Eldridge. [snip] State prosecutors in the city of Castelo Branco have now charged convicted murderer Barnard and an alleged accomplice who has been named as 30-year-old Joshua Liam Sherwood with murder and desecrating a body.

ETA - A date for the pair's trial by three professional judges has not yet been set. They are expected to face prison sentences of around 25 years if convicted of the two crimes they have been indicted on.
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GUILTY - UK - Murder Investigation Launched as Woman, 34, and son, 4, killed in house fire

A 34-year-old woman and her four-year-old boy had been unaccounted for after the fire in Eastbourne. A 26 year old man (reportedly not the father of the boy) was also injured and is in an induced coma following the fire, which was reported at 1am on Tuesday 10th July. The cause of the fire is...

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Jacob Barnard and Joshua Sherwood were tried in Portugal for the murder of Joel Eldridge, and on 22 April 2024 they were acquitted.

Heartache for family of Brit axed to death as suspects are acquitted

Portuguese prosecutors had charged two men with Joel Eldridge's murder after his remains were discovered in August 2019 following a tip-off from British police

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