Roddy MacPherson: Body found in search for missing walker on Skye
A body has been found in the search for a walker, four days after he went missing on the Isle of Skye.Roddy MacPherson, 67, was last seen on Monday outside Sligachan Hotel, walking in the direction of the Sligachan Bridge.Police Scotland said the body of a man was discovered by officers and local mountain rescue teams on the Cuillins on Friday afternoon.The force said the family of Mr MacPherson, who was reported missing on Wednesday, had been informed.
Formal identification has yet to take place but officers said there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.Mr MacPherson was described as an "experienced walker" in a previous police appeal.A spokesperson for Skye mountain rescue team said "extensive searches" had been carried out.They added: "Around midday on Friday, with improved weather and cloudless tops, a body was sighted on a grassy ledge high on the cliffs between Harta and Lota Corries." The team expressed its condolences to Mr MacPherson's family and friends.
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