A family have appealed for help finding an 80-year-old man who has been missing from his Hamilton home for a week.
Thomas Brian Porteous, known as Brian, was last seen at his property in Woodburn Court in the South Lanarkshire town at around 10am on Saturday, March 21.
Police Scotland said concern is growing for Brian’s welfare and his family have released an appeal urging anyone who may have seen him to get in touch.
It said: “Brian is 80-years-old but looks younger than his age.
"He is fairly mobile and has a quiet nature. It is not like him not to be in touch.
"We want to get him home safely as we miss him.”
Brian is described as 5ft 5in and slim with white hair.
His family believe that on the morning he disappeared he was wearing a dark green hooded coat, navy chino-style trousers, a short sleeved white and navy checked shirt and brown suede walking shoes.
Inspector Roger Bond, said: “We have been making extensive enquiries over the last week to try to find Brian and searches will be continuing.
"Officers will be going out whilst adhering to current safe working practices.
“In particular I would appeal to anyone who may have dash-cam footage from the Woodburn Court area around the time when Brian went missing to get in touch as this may be vital information in working out his movements.
“I would also appeal to anyone with private CCTV footage to check it and see if there is anything that might help with our enquiries.
But at this stage, I would urge local people not to carry out their own searches due to the current nationwide advice to stay at home.
“If anyone has information that might help to find Brian, or knows where he is, please contact Police Scotland.”
