DNA test says Ben Needham not in Cyprus

The man had been identified as resembling how Ben would look today. The child, aged 21 months, vanished without trace from his grandparents' home on the Greek island of Kos in 1991.

Ben's family have maintained a campaign to find him, and have publicised images of what he might look like today.

"The results from the genetics institute concerning the case surrounding Ben are negative," police said in a message to media.

The man was filmed at a church service in the Cyprus town of Limassol in May. A copy of the video was recently made available to a Greek lawyer, who turned it over to Greek authorities.