Home Search in Vicky Murder Probe

A search of the former home of killer Peter Tobin has begun as part of the police inquiry into the disappearance of Vicky Hamilton 16 years ago.

The 15-year-old was last seen waiting for a bus in Bathgate, West Lothian.

Tobin, who is serving 21 years for the murder of Polish student Angelika Kluk in Glasgow in 2006, lived in the town at about the time Vicky disappeared.

The property's current residents have been moved out while forensic teams carry out the search.

Officers are using specially trained police dogs that can detect minute traces of blood even if they are decades old.

Divers are also searching an area of water in a nearby nature reserve.