A Dundee woman whose stepson had his passport wrongly confiscated by nightclub staff has finally been told of its whereabouts 10 days after it disappeared.
However, Allison Honeyman (47) has been told the document has been passed on to the UK Passport Agency by police and possibly destroyed.
She should find out today if they will need to reapply and fork out for the cost of a replacement.
The Courier reported that 18-year-old Christopher Gordon’s passport vanished on the Saturday night after workers at London nightclub, who did not believe it was his, seized it from him.
He was instructed to pick it up at Bell Street police station the following day but there was no record of it having been handed in.
Allison explained she was relieved it had been found but “weary” of the “needless hassle” her family had endured all week.
“We have finally discovered what has happened to the passport but I hope the police will continue to investigate why it was taken off Christopher to begin with,” she said.
“Obviously I want something said to London and they said they would be dealing with that.”
Allison questioned the length of time it had taken to find out where the passport was, especially since she had been beside herself with worry that the document had “ended up in the wrong hands.”
“We’ve been phoning all week to try and find out what had happened to it,” she said.
“I am very relieved to hear it hasn’t been stolen but London nightclub didn’t have the right to take it off him.
“Obviously nothing was recorded by the police and no one at any time had told us it had been handed in. I would have thought something like a passport would have been logged.
“Police have now said that it was handed in to them on that night.
“I know that people use other folk’s ID and I can understand them (London staff) asking for proof, but hopefully now in the future they will take the details and pass them on to police rather than take matters into their own hands.”
A statement released by the police on Monday confirmed it is illegal for staff in licensed premises to confiscate or retain identification.