Missing airman Corrie McKeague was ‘heavy sleeper when drunk’, inquest told

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Asked for the source of this information, she said: “Two witnesses who were colleagues of Corrie McKeague.” She said in her witness statement that Mr McKeague “was described as being a heavy sleeper when drunk”. Asked by Mr Taheri for the source of this, she said: “Colleagues, friends, I believe some of the family statements made reference to how he slept when he had had a drink.” She said that the movement of the airman’s mobile phone appeared to match the movement of a bin lorry that collected a bin from the service area where Mr McKeague was last seen. She said Mr McKeague was not seen by witnesses or on CCTV after entering the service area, and Mr McKeague was “believed to be significantly under the influence of alcohol and from CCTV footage he can be seen to be unsteady on his feet, which would have hindered any attempt to climb the buildings surrounding this area.” She said that 1,843 witnesses were spoken to during the investigation, with two people treated temporarily as suspects before both were told they would face no further action. Andrew Graves, a product marketing manager for waste vehicle manufacturing firm Dennis Eagle, said the chances of someone surviving inside the back of a bin lorry were “slim”.