Body is found on Largs beach in search for pensioner, 82, who fell overboard from a CalMac ferry to Arran
The MV Caledonian Isles, the ferry Jim Wither, 82, boarded on a sailing from Ardrossan to Arran on 18 October before disappearing.Largs beach, where a body was found that police believe may be that of the 82-year-old who disappeared after boarding a ferry to Arran a week earlier.
A man's body was found in the Largs area on Sunday, and Jim Withers' family have been notified, though the identification process has not yet been completed. The 82-year-old from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, fell from the MV Caledonian Isles near Arran at around 8.30pm on October 18. The search involved two helicopters, a coastguard aircraft and RNLI lifeboats before being called off. Police Scotland has said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Withers was captured on CCTV heading in the direction of Beith Road at 12.18pm on the day he disappeared.
He is believed to have boarded the ferry at Ardrossan that same day.
A report on the death will now go to the procurator fiscal.
