Holidaymaker who lost false teeth on Benidorm night out is sent them in post 11 years later after DNA match

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. Read our privacy policy A holidaymaker who lost his false teeth after he became ill on a night out in Benidorm had them returned to him in the post – 11 years later. Mr Bishop said he had last seen the teeth on a night out at the Spanish seaside resort in 2011, where he had gone to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday. open image in gallery Mr Bishop lost the teeth when he over indulged on a night out in Benidorm Years later, Spanish authorities recovered the teeth and managed to trace Mr Bishop through his DNA, which he had submitted to the British police 15 years earlier. Then it mentioned the British council, and I thought: ‘It’s genuine, this.’ “It read, ‘Please come back to Spain again, but be careful.’” He added: “They don’t fit anymore, but they’re still in perfect condition.” Mr Bishop, from Stalybridge, Manchester, said when he came back to the UK, he got a new set of false teeth and assumed that the old pair were lost forever.