Lorna Moyes last saw her husband Andrew at their home in Hounslow on Sunday November 24 before he left to go to work.

Police are now extremely concerned about the welfare and safety of 37-year-old Mr Moyes who works for BAe Systems in Farnborough.

“I remember thinking it was odd that he was going to work on a weekend,” said Mrs Moyes.

“It was the first time that he’s ever done that, but he said he wanted to finish off some work for a meeting on Monday morning.

“I called his work later on to check, and apparently he did go in but didn’t swipe his card. They said he left at two that afternoon.”

Mr Moyes had booked into the Swan Hotel in Farnborough Road, Farnbor-ough, on the Friday evening and stayed that night before returning home.

He had become severely depressed about his workload according to his wife, and he had been having trouble sleeping properly.

When Mrs Moyes hadn’t heard from her husband on the Sunday evening, she contacted the police fearing something may have happened.

She said: “Andrew does have a history of self-harm. In 1998 he went to an empty property that I own and overdosed after taking 36 sleeping tablets.

“It was just luck that I sent someone round to check the property over that day and they found him there.

“He was very stressed about his work at that time and suffered from depression as well.

“It just seems like too much of a coincidence that he has disappeared now when he’s been so stressed about his work recently.”

When Mr Moyes did not turn up for work on the Monday, he was picked up by the police but they released him after he reassured them he would definitely be home by six that evening.

Yet when he didn’t arrive, Farnborough police searched the hotel on Tuesday and then found his car abandoned near the Swan on the Wednesday.

The following day CID officers searched the car, finding all Mr Moyes’s things still inside it.

They then conducted another search of the hotel, delving through loft space, rooms and cupboards in an attempt to find something that might point to his whereabouts.

Mrs Moyes has been regularly going to Farnborough in a bid to find her husband.

She is extremely concerned about the effect his disappearance is having on their two children, Steven, 11, and Katherine, 14.

“It has been very difficult for the children — I’ve had to book them into counselling to help them cope with it,” she said.

“My little boy has become so withdrawn. When he asks me if his dad will be home at Christmas, I just don’t know what to say or how to answer him.

“Katherine is very quiet as well — I’m so worried about her. She says she’s coping, but stays up in her room the whole time and cries.

“It’s been three weeks now and we haven’t heard anything at all.

“I love him so much,” she said. “It would be so nice if he could make it in time for Christmas.”

Anyone who has seen him or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call Sgt Dave Winter at Farnborough police on 0845 0454545, Hounslow police on 020 8247 6224,or the Missing Person’s Helpline on 0500 700 700.