THE mum of Dunfermline missing serviceman Corrie McKeague has admitted fresh information that the bin lorry central to his disappearnace was heavier than first thought "can only mean one thing".

Earlier this evening, brave Nicola Urquart posted on the Find Corrie Facebook page: "With the weight of the bin that was lifted the night Corrie went missing has been incorrect and the true weight is over 100kg.

"This can really devastatingly only mean one thing. 

"I can only pray that Corrie is found quickly and that we are able to get answers as to how this could have happened.

"Please can I ask everyone on here to try really hard not to speculate just now.

"Each second waiting to find Corrie is torture enough. 

"This page was set up to find Corrie.

"We still need to do this.

"From myself, Makeyan and Darroch, thank you for your never-ending support more than ever. X x x"

Earlier today, police probing the disappearance of Corrie admitted a bin lorry at the heart of the investigation was heavier than they thought.

Corrie, 23, a RAF gunner, went missing on a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds on September 24.

He has not been seen since.

Police are to begin searching a landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, on Monday because of its connection with a waste lorry that was seen on CCTV in the area that Corrie went missing.

Officers believed at the start of the investigation that the lorry that picked up bins where he was last seen was carrying a load weighing 11kg, equivalent to 1 stone, 10lbs.

But now they have discovered it was more than 100kg, equivalent to 15 st 10lbs.

Last week, a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice as part of the investigation.

The man was arrested on March 1 and interviewed about information provided to the investigation before being bailed.

But he has now been told he will face no further action.

A statement released by Suffolk police, who are leading the investigation into Corrie's disapperance, read: "Police have been carrying out extensive work to check and re-check data provided to officers. As a result of this comprehensive checking process and analysis, it was discovered that the initial weight of the waste pick-up supplied to the investigation was incorrect and that it was far higher than originally thought.

"This directly led to the arrest as police moved to secure any potential evidence, however, following further work and the interviewing of a second man under caution, detectives now believe there was no attempt to hide information."

Detective Superintendent Katie Elliott said: "Through the persistence of officers and their detailed work we recently identified that the data provided was incorrect.

"We now know the weight of the waste collection from the ‘horseshoe’ on the night Corrie went missing was over 100kg, when the original information we were given indicated that this was 11kg, and this makes our search of the landfill the next logical step to try to find Corrie.

“The investigation has identified that the company who provided the data usually charge per collection, not per weight of load collected, and it appears that it was genuinely believed by the company that the data provided was correct.

"There was no intention to mislead the investigation, however, our discovery, through persisting with this through our enquiries and evidence gathering, now puts a new emphasis on the search.

“Corrie’s family have been made aware of this new information and we continue to liaise with them as we move forward.

“Our extensive work around CCTV to see if Corrie could have left the Brentgovel Street area and the vast number of other enquiries we have been making have been crucial to getting us to this point.

“We have had to be methodical and systematic in our approach to ensure we were not ruling out the line of enquiry that may give us the answers.

"The search of the landfill is a huge undertaking, and still may not provide the answer as to what happened, but now, with new information uncovered by the officers working on the case, this is the priority.

“We would like to thank all of those organisations who have been assisting with the investigation. Their assistance and co-operation throughout has allowed us to conduct the enquiries we needed to do and we are grateful that they have been supportive of our work.”

Any information relating to Corrie’s disappearance should be passed to the incident room on 01473 782019. Alternatively you can call 101 and ask to speak to the team.