Police investigating the murder of Glasgow businesswoman Lynda Spence have commenced digging in a remote area in Argyll where they believe she could be buried.
Lynda was bundled into a car on Broomhill Path in Glasgow on April 14, 2011 and taken to a flat in West Kilbride, where she was taped to a chair and put through a horrific two-week ordeal as they tried to extract financial information from her.
A murder trial later heard that she was burned with an iron, beaten with a golf club, had her toes crushed, thumb cut off and little finger severed before finally being murdered and having her body disposed of.
Detectives confirmed back in March that they were investigating a remote area of Dunoon as part of their efforts to recover the 27-year-old's remains.
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Teams have now moved in to conduct digging work to further explore the site for "potential evidence" after forensic officers and experts completed a detailed assessment of the location, the Daily Record reports.
Detective superintendent Suzanne Chow said: “A detailed assessment of the location has been completed and we have now commenced digging to further explore the site for potential evidence.
“This will be an extremely detailed operation, involving specialist search teams from Police Scotland, forensic scientists and soil experts from across the United Kingdom.
“The family of Lynda Spence are being kept updated as efforts to establish if her remains are within this area continue.
“I would ask anyone with information to please come forward and speak to officers.”
Colin Coats and Philip Wade were found guilty of Lynda's murder following an 11-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow in 2013, and sentenced to 33 and 30 years respectively.
Two other men, David Parker and Paul Smith, were each jailed for 11 years for assaulting Ms Spence and holding her captive.
