Police officer says three-week search for retiree who died in Westfield Bondi stairwell ‘consumed’ her

Bernard Gore was found dead in shopping centre's fire stairs which stretched for 14km

A police officer has broken down while recalling the fruitless search for a retiree whose body was later discovered in the stairwell of a Sydney shopping centre, while a colleague has suggested they should have searched the stairs themselves.

Bernard Gore, 71, was found dead in the fire stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction in late January 2017 some three weeks after he went missing.