BBC Journalist Missing Feared Drowned While Swimming As His Wife Of Seven Months Sat Reading A Book On The Beach

A BBC journalist is thought to have drowned while on holiday in the Caribbean as his wife sat reading a book a few yards away on the beach. Jay Merriman Mukoro, who worked for BBC Scotland, went missing at around 2pm on Sunday while swimming in the sea off on Rockley Beach near Christ Church in Barbados. While the 43-year-old's body has not yet been found, it is believed he drowned. His wife, Olivia, said the news has left her 'broken'