24/11/2014

Police Searching For Missing Teenager Recover Body

Police searching for a missing teenager have recovered a body from the River Clyde.

Police Scotland said that divers recovered a body from the river at Greenock and they believe it is missing 19-year-old Sarah Smith.

Ms Smith, from Port Glasgow, was reported missing on Sunday night.

A formal identification has not yet taken place but police said that Ms Smith's family have been informed.

A post-mortem is due to take place today to establish a cause of death.

(MH/CD)

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