Body found in search for missing pensioner who fell overboard from ferry

A body has been found in the search for a Johnstone pensioner who fell overboard from a ferry.

Police say Jim Wither, 82, may have entered the water after boarding a CalMac vessel from Ardrossan to Arran on Sunday October 18.

The search involved two helicopters and an airplane from HM Coastguard. and two RNLI crews from Girvan and Campbeltown.

A man’s body has been found in the Largs beach area on Sunday October 25.

Formal identification is yet to take place, however Jim’s family have been informed.

A police statement read: “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”