Body believed to be missing 82-year-old is found on Largs beach a week after he fell from a Scottish ferry

Jim Wither, 82, of Johnstone in Renfrewshire, disappeared after boarding the MV Caledonian Isles on a sailing from Ardrossan to Arran on 18 October. CCTV placed him heading in the direction of Beith Road at 12.18pm that day. The body has not yet been formally identified, but his family have been informed. Police Scotland are treating the death as non-suspicious and will submit a report to the procurator fiscal.

Two helicopters, a rescue plane and RNLI lifeboats from Girvan and Campbeltown joined the search.

Rescuers called off the hunt in the early hours of Monday 19 October.

CalMac said the crew of the MV Caledonian Isles were helping police with their inquiries.