'It's a mystery to us': Dad's concern for 16-year-old son missing since 'going out with mates' on Saturday

Concerns are growing for a Stockport teenager who has not been seen since visiting friends at the weekend. Oscar Johnson had been for a meal with his dad Paul Johnson on Saturday (June 4) lunchtime before heading out to see his mates in Offerton.

Paul says his 16-year-old son told him he wasn't ready to come back home at 10pm on Saturday night, and Oscar has not been in touch with him since. The worried dad, from Romiley, is now urging anyone who knows where his son is to come forward.

"It's totally out of character," Paul told the Manchester Evening News . "I spoke to him on Saturday evening and he wasn't ready to come home, that was about 10pm.

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"I said that was fine, I'd speak to him at about 11pm and pick him up then. That is the last I heard off him. It's an absolute mystery to us.

"Right now we're absolutely worried sick. His phone is off, there are no social media messages that have been read. We've been ringing him constantly every few minutes, right through the day and into the night."

Paul says his son Oscar, who took on an apprenticeship after leaving school, had been in good spirits earlier on the day he disappeared. He says Oscar might think he is in trouble for not coming home on Saturday evening - but Paul is eager to hear from his son as soon as possible.

Oscar is 6ft 2ins tall, of slim build and was believed to have been wearing grey tracksuit pants and a black jacket before his disappearance. He usually lives in Offerton with his mum but had been staying with his dad in Romiley at the time.

Paul added: "He can be a bit of a grumpy teenager but he's content, he's happy with his job, he