EFFORTS continue to try and trace the whereabouts of missing teenager Finnian Layland-Stratfield who was last seen on Saturday, July 8, at 6pm.

The 17-year-old’s rucksack was found by a walker on the cliffs above Hole Beach in Tintagel between 5pm and 5.30pm on Sunday, July 9.

Finnian is described as white, 5ft 9ins tall with a slim build. He has dark brown medium length hair with a long fringe.

He is clean shaven but has some fluffy facial hair. He has a black ear stretcher in his left ear, a tattoo NOAH 2005 on his left forearm and a tattoo of a Salamander on the rear of his right shoulder.

He was believed to be wearing a blue Superdry hoodie, grey/black jeans with holes in the knees and black army style boots and was carrying the rucksack which was khaki green in colour around two feet in length with pockets.

Local people have been carrying out searches, with a ‘#findfinn HQ’ set up, based at the Methodist Church. They ask anyone searching for Finnian to provide them with updates by texting time ‘out’ and ‘in’ to 07956429266.

The HQ is also available on email: [email protected] and somebody will be at the Methodist Church today (Thursday) from 2pm to 6pm, tomorrow (Friday) from 12pm to 6pm, from 8am on Saturday and from 12.30pm on Sunday.

The police can be contacted by phoning 101 or by emailing [email protected] quoting incident number 844 of 09/07/17.