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'Headless body' fished from water |
Police probe body fished from sea |
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A boat fishing in the Firth of Clyde has hauled up what is believed to be a headless body. | A boat fishing in the Firth of Clyde has hauled up a body, police said. |
The human remains were found near Ailsa Craig at about 1700 BST on Tuesday. | The corpse was found in a trawler's net near Ailsa Craig off the Ayrshire coast on Tuesday evening. |
Strathclyde Police confirmed that a body had been found but they would not say if the human remains were a headless corpse. | After coastguards were alerted, the remains were taken to Campbeltown harbour and are now in a local mortuary awaiting further examination. |
At the end of May, the skull of missing Glasgow accountant Andrew Ramsay, who had not been seen since 22 February, was found in the Firth of Clyde. | Police sources said the body was not headless and it is understood they have ruled out a link to the case of abducted accountant Andrew Ramsay. |
He was abducted from outside his home in Berryknowes Road, Cardonald, Glasgow. | He was taken from outside his home in Berryknowes Road, Cardonald, Glasgow, in February 2006. |
Andrew Ramsay's skull was found at the end of May | His skull was found last month in the Firth of Clyde. |
The skull was found in the nets of a fishing boat on 5 April, which was trawling the Firth. | |
The fisherman who made the discovery said he believed it had been dropped near the island of Little Cumbrae. | |
The identity of the skull was later confirmed by DNA tests. | |
It marked a key moment in the extensive police search for the father-of-two. | |
Police are not currently linking the discovery of the corpse to the skull find. | |
The remains were taken to Campbeltown harbour and are now thought to be in a mortuary. | |