Murder hunt: two bodies found

POLICE searching for a couple allegedly shot dead in December have found two bodies near Crosbie Mains Farm, at West Kilbride in Ayrshire.

Police, including an underwater unit, have been searching land at the farm since Monday, when two men appeared in court in Dumbarton accused of the murder of Roderick and Anne Marie Aitken, 38, from Aberfoyle.

Iain Meikleham, 29, and John Parker, 27, appeared in private at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.