A CANDLELIT vigil will be held for a man who has been missing for over two months.

David Clwyd Davies, 69, from Acrefair, went missing on April 8, the day after being banned from keeping horses by Wrexham magistrates.

Mr Davies had pleaded guilty to six charges of the offence against a protected animal under the Animal Welfare Act.

Twenty-one horses owned by Mr Davies on 120 acres of land were relocated by the RSPCA.

The one-time award winning horsebreeder was earlier this year subject of Channel 4 documentary The Horse Hoarder.

Now friends and supporters of Mr Davies are organising a candlelit vigil on Talacre Beach to mark his disappearance and hope for his safe return.

Close friend and organiser of the vigil Michelle Crowther said: “There will be prayers, poems and songs and a chance for people to meet and talk about Clwyd’s life – anyone can come along.

“It is difficult that he hasn’t been found for such a long time and it’s hard to know what to think.

“We feel we wanted to do something collectively to show that we care.

“He might then hear and know we are thinking of him and know that we care.

“We can’t let this go without marking it in some way and there has to be recognition that something has happened.”

Mrs Crowther said officers from North Wales Police will be on hand to make sure the vigil on Saturday, June 15, at 9.30pm passes peacefully.

She encouraged people to bring along candles to the vigil in jam jars or lanterns. Mr Davies’ disappearance will be the subject of a documentary to be screened on S4C on June 12.

Sioned Morys, the programme’s director, said: “For me, the documentary was not finished.

“Clwyd was a Welsh speaker, as am I, and you don’t usually get good documentary subjects who speak Welsh and I was keen to do a documentary version of this story for S4C.

“I’m glad the documentary is going out now.

“Clwyd might still be alive and we don’t know what the effect of losing his horses was. I was worried about him when the verdict was given.

“This will be a factual account of what went on right up until his disappearance.” It was initially believed Mr Davies had not been seen since April 7. However, investigations show that he was seen in the Cefn Mawr area of Wrexham between 1pm and 2pm on Monday, April 8.

Since then there have been several unconfirmed reports that Mr Davies has been sighted in the North West of England.

Detective Inspector Arwyn Jones, who is leading the inquiry, said: “We would again ask members of the public who may hold any information that may assist the enquiry to come forward, particularly anybody who knows Clwyd, and who may have any information about his life or movements, past or present.”

Mr Davies is described as 5ft 11in tall, of heavy build and sporting a thick beard.

He ordinarily wears jeans, a fleece top and a woolly hat.

Anyone with any information can call North Wales Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.