THE boyfriend of hiker Esther Dingley has been quizzed again “at length” after finding her body in the Pyrenees.

       Dan Colegate, 38, uncovered her remains on Monday.

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       Hiker Esther Dingley's boyfriend has been quizzed 'at length' by cops after finding her body

       They had been travelling together but Esther, 37, vanished in November while mountain hiking alone.

       A skull fragment was finally discovered on the Port de la Gléré mountain pass between Spain and France a fortnight ago.

       Police blamed bad weather on not finding anything else.

       But heartbroken Dan, who is not a suspect, tracked down her remains 100 yards away and called cops.

       An investigating source told The Sun: “As the person who discovered the corpse of a missing person, he was questioned again at length.

       “It was routine. There is so far zero evidence of a crime.”

       Esther’s remains were surrounded by hiking kit, including brightly coloured clothes and a yellow sleeping mat.

       Dan, who met Esther when they were students at Oxford, was the first focus of the missing persons inquiry after she left their mobile home on her solo trek.

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       Detectives checked his phone data and credit card transactions and found he had not left the French village of Larroque-sur-l’Osse, 100 miles north of where Esther, from Durham, is believed to have died in an accident.

       He said at the time: “I was glad they got it out of the way but I never felt like a suspect.”

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       Esther, 37, vanished in November while mountain hiking alone 3

       Esther's heartbroken boyfriend, who is not a suspect, heartbroken Dan, tracked down her body and called cops Credit: PA

       Last person to see missing British hiker Esther Dingley alive, Marti Vigo del Arco, says weather conditions were good when she vanished