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Body of missing Glen Etive hillwalker found

UPDATE: The dead man has now been named as 55 year old Martin Livingstone from Coatbridge.

The body of a hillwalker missing since Saturday has been found and recovered from Glen Etive. The man was reported missing after he failed to return from a walk up Ben Starav on Saturday evening. Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team searched for the man but the team was eventually stood down at 4am the following morning due to bad weather conditions.

Glen Etive

Glen Etive

The search resumed in the morning, with help from the Lochaber and Oban MRTS, SARDA dogs and the RAF, and later that day a body was discovered in Coire Lotha. The body was taken to Fort William by RAF helicoper. The deceased man has not yet been named by police.

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