Arrest Over Karen Buckley Death

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of student Karen Buckley, whose disappearance sparked a four-day search which ended today with the discovery of human remains at a farm.

Miss Buckley, 24, had not been seen since she was reported missing after a night out in Glasgow at the weekend.

The man detained by police last night was formally arrested this morning.

Remains found at a farm in north Glasgow where officers had been conducting a search have not yet been formally identified but relatives have been informed, Police Scotland said.

Miss Buckley, from Cork, was a first-year occupational therapy student at Glasgow Caledonian University.

She had arrived at The Sanctuary nightclub with friends at around 11.45pm on Saturday and at around 1am she told them she was going to the toilet. She failed to return and did not take her jacket.

Specialist police divers, a helicopter crew and search dogs were involved in the search for the qualified nurse who moved to Glasgow in February.

After Miss Buckley's handbag was found in Dawsholm Park on Tuesday the search moved to High Craigton farm in the north of the city.

Officers cordoned off land around the farm and near Windyhills Golf Club on a country road between Milngavie and Drymen and a number of support vehicles and fire engines were moved to the scene.

Police had previously appealed for information about a grey car spotted on the road between 11am and 3pm on Monday.

Earlier yesterday, officers had been searching a flat in Dorchester Avenue in Glasgow where the student was reportedly last seen.

Her family, from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, travelled to Scotland on Tuesday and at a press conference, her mother Marian Buckley, 61, said they were desperate to get their only daughter home safely.

A fundraising page set up by former classmates of Miss Buckley to cover her family's expenses while they are in Scotland has raised more than £8,500.