Body found in search for missing hillwalker in Highlands

A body has been found by a search party seeking a missing hillwalker in the Highlands.
Coastguard and Search and Rescue helped with the effort.Coastguard and Search and Rescue helped with the effort.
Coastguard and Search and Rescue helped with the effort.

Police were called after a bag was found in a remote location near to Creag a Chail, Roy Bridge, Lochaber, on Wednesday afternoon.

Officers found it belonged to a 67-year-old hillwalker and police mountain rescuers, the Coastguard and estate workers teamed up to search for the missing man.

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Police Scotland said a man's body was recovered at 11.05am on Thursday.

The force said in a statement: "A post-mortem examination will take place in due course to establish the exact cause of death, however there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding this and a full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal."