FRIENDS of missing Durham University student Euan Coulthard marked the first week of his disappearance by handing posters to revellers.

They went to Durham City’s Walkergate area, close to the Loveshack nightspot, which Mr Coulthard left late Wednesday, January 14, to jog the memories of people who may have seen him.

Despite extensive searches of the city, the River Wear and the riverside, no trace has been found of 19-year-old Mr Coulthard, from St Mary’s College.

CCTV footage shows a man, believed to be him, leaving Loveshack at around 11.50pm last Wednesday.

He made his way towards Claypath, went through Market Place and down Silver Street and crossed Framwelgate Bridge.

The footage then shows him going down the steps next to the Bishop Langley Pub to the riverside path the river. This is the last potential sighting of him.

Earlier that evening, Mr Coulthard who is from a village near Nottingham, had a meal with friends at La Spaghettata, Saddler Street, before going to the nightclub.

Almost 30 university friends met at 11pm last night, supported by PCSO Rebecca Carey, police university liaison officer, and Professor Simon Hackett and Catherine Paine, principal and vice-principal, respectively, of St Mary’s College.

PCSO Carey said: “Euan is a much-loved young man with many friends who are missing him and are keen to do everything they can to find him.

“While acknowledging that as time passes the chance of someone remembering something significant about Euan’s whereabouts is slim, they did not want to miss an opportunity to highlight that it is a week since he disappeared.

“Hopefully their presence and contact with members of the public close to where he was last seen will have jogged the memories of people who were also out and about in that area last Wednesday and result in information coming in.”

Prof Hackett said: “Euan’s friends have shown tremendous courage by coming out and talking to the public one week after Euan went missing.

“The whole college community has been profoundly affected by Euan’s disappearance and we are keen to support the police in any way we can with their enquiries.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Durham Police on 101.