LISTEN: Liam Colgan - a month missing in Germany

Pubs in the north of Scotland are staging a weekend-long event to raise funds to help the search for Liam Colgan.

The 29-year-old, from Inverness, was on his brother Eamonn's stag weekend in Hamburg when he vanished in the early hours of the 10th of February.

Almost a month after his disappearance, pubs around his home city and beyond will join in the 'One For Liam' fundraiser between Friday and Sunday to help volunteers in Germany looking for him.

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Speaking to MFR News, Encore general manager Tom O'Connor, who set up the event, said: "Liam and his band played in the pub here, Encore, every Saturday night.

"Since his disappearance we've been thinking of ways to support the search campaign and we came up with the idea of One For Liam.

"When a customer comes into the bar they can say 'one for Liam' as well and that will go to help the search."

"They're extremely hopeful. Eamonn was in a positive mood, but he needs resources on the ground, he needs the manpower, he needs assistance" - TOM O'CONNOR

Money from the fundraiser will go towards paying for flights, accommodation and other expenses of volunteers who are in Hamburg searching for Liam.

As well as family members, around 100 volunteers in Hamburg have joined the search.

A number of venues in Forres, Invergordon and Nairn are also taking part in the fundraising event.

Tom says communication is key in the hunt around Hamburg: "They haven't got an interpreter in Germany, so it's vital to their campaign, to call into tourist destinations and help the search."

The Colgan family also hope 300,000 leaflets dropped through letterboxes in the German city may turn up some leads.

"They're extremely hopeful. Eamonn was in a positive mood, but he needs resources on the ground, he needs the manpower, he needs assistance."

Friends and relatives last saw Liam in the Veermaster Bar and he has been identified on CCTV footage from the Baumwell area after leaving the bar.

A confirmed sighting by his family was announced by The Lucie Blackman Trust last month, saying he had been seen shortly after being separated from the group.

CCTV footage seen by the family shows Liam arriving at the vehicle barrier of the G&J building in Baumwall, Hamburg, around 2.20am.

A witness reports seeing Liam and helping him up some steps to the main entrance of that building after he fell - corroborated by the CCTV.

The footage goes on to show Liam trying unsuccessfully to get in to the building, before walking towards the Michelwiese Park.

He is helped again by the same witness to get into this park, and is last seen heading towards the Portuguese Quarter at around 2.30am