THE PARENTS of a Southampton woman who has been missing in the Caribbean for more than five months are pleading for the Foreign Secretary to help.

Sarm Heslop was last seen on a boat off the US Virgin Islands in March.

Her family say they have endured a living hell trying to piece together what may have happened to the 41-year-old.

They are now pleading for Dominic Raab to help with the investigation.

In a letter issued this week, they have vented their frustrations and hit out at the UK Government.

In a joint statement, Brenda Street and Peter Heslop said: “Over the past 5 months we have endured a living hell trying to piece together what may have happened to our daughter."

"Disappointingly, we feel that there has been only minimal support from the UK Government and the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office and we are now requesting your involvement to do all you can to assist us. Her case deserves a full and thorough investigation.

“Sarm is a strong, vibrant, joyful woman, as well as British citizen, and she deserves every effort we can possibly make to help find out what has happened to her and to bring her home.”

However, they also said: "We are so grateful to the US Virgin Islands Police Department, Hampshire Police Major Crime Unit and the local residents of the USVI, as well as Sarm’s friends across the globe, who have all helped in whatever way they can to continue the search."

Sarm is described as 5 feet 8 Caucasian female of slim build. She has a bright coloured tattoo on her left shoulder featuring a seahorse, bird, butterfly and a pink flower.

A reward of $10,000 has been offered to anyone with information that leads to a significant breakthrough in the case