A pensioner has been found dead after going missing at a scenic Scots beauty spot.
A major search was sparked when the 82-year-old vanished at the Loch of Cliff in Unst, Shetland yesterday.
Coastguard and other emergency crews searched for him overnight.
But a tragic find was made at 3am today when his body was discovered and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
His family have been informed of the find.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers in Shetland received a report around 3am on Sunday, 15 August, of a man who had gone missing at Loch of Cliff in Unst.
“A multi-agency operation took place and sadly, a man was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Formal identification is still to take place but the family of an 82-year-old man have been made aware.
“There are no apparent suspicious circumstances, a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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