Stanley Hodge traced safe and well

9 May 2019, 13:04

An elderly man who failed to return from a holiday in the Highlands has been found safe and well.

Stanley Hodge, 82, was in Aviemore and expected to arrive at his daughter's home in the Anniesland area of Glasgow on Wednesday.

His family contacted police when he failed to arrive as expected, and officers issued an appeal to help trace him.

Police said on Thursday afternoon he had been found safe and well in Glasgow.

Stanley Hodge, 82, was in Aviemore and expected to arrive at his daughter's home in the Anniesland area of Glasgow on Wednesday.

Mr Hodge spoke to her around 1.30pm that day before getting into his car, a silver Audi A4 saloon.

The vehicle was spotted on the M80 or A80 routes towards Glasgow at around 5.50pm.

Police described the pensioner as a fairly healthy, independent man who has never gone missing before.