Corrie Mckeague inquest: Detective 'suspicious' of bin weight device reset

A detective said it was "suspicious" a bin weight device was returned to factory settings the day before it was collected by police investigating the disappearance of an RAF airman.

Corrie Mckeague vanished in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, after a night out in September 2016.

Police believe he climbed into a waste bin, but his body has never been found.

Det Con Richard Morgan told an inquest it was "ludicrous" the device was reset.

Mr Mckeague, from Dunfermline in Fife, was last seen on CCTV going into a bin-loading area in Bury St Edmunds in the early hours of 24 September.

The gunner was based at RAF Honington, about 10 miles north of Bury St Edmunds.

Waste firm Biffa initially told police the weight of the bin could not have contained anyone as it was 11kg (1st 10lb), but it was later confirmed the bin weight was actually 116kg (18st 3lb).

Det Con Morgan told the inquest an electronic device kept in the cab of the bin lorry and used by the driver for bin weights was returned to factory settings the day before it was collected by police, on 1 February 2017.

Lawyer Dr Anton van Dellen, representing Mr Mckeague's father Martin Mckeague, asked the officer: "What view, if any, did you take about how suspicious that action was":[]}