Body found in missing pensioner search in Aberdeen

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Frank Finnie, 80, was reported missing from the Sheddocksley area of the city

Police have found a body of a man in the city centre of Aberdeen.

He has still to be formally identified, but the family of Frank Finnie, 80, who was reported missing from Sheddocksley, have been informed.

The body was found by officers in a fire escape at Aberdeen Indoor Market at about 13:00 on Saturday. It followed police inquiries, using CCTV.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said a post-mortem examination was still to take place.

He added: "There are no apparent suspicious circumstances but inquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances of the death."