New CCTV shows last sighting of Gaynor Lord before disappearance

Detectives in search of Gaynor Lord have released new footage which they believe is the last sighting of her on CCTV before she disappeared.

In the 34-second clip, the 55-year-old can be seen wearing glasses and a long coat as she walks along St Augustines Street, Norwich. In the clip, the street can be seen packed with traffic at 4.01pm on Friday, December 8.

Ms Lord disappeared after she left work early from Norwich city centre at 2.45pm. Her belongings were reportedly found in Wensum Park at around 8pm. roughly 1.15 miles away from her workplace of Jarrold department store.

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Norfolk Constabulary said "it is likely" that Ms Lord entered the River Wensum after her clothing, mobile phone, glasses, and jewellery were discovered. Speaking to media at the scene, Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley said it will take “a couple of days” or longer to complete the search of the stretch of river.

“We’re putting sonar equipment across the river, which is quite detailed in allowing us to try and target divers to where we think there might be objects,” he said. "But equally, it’s very, very challenging. The river is very, very full of water with all the rain, full of lots of debris. The divers can see about one foot in front of them.

“So it’s an extraordinarily challenging environment for them to work in so it’s slow, methodical at the moment, working with equipment and it will take probably a couple of days to get to a position where we’re kind of content with what we’ve done. It may even be longer.”

Mr Buckley added that the force was keeping