Members of the public have been told not to approach a registered sex offender who has been missing for a number of weeks.
Police are hunting Lorcan Halton, from the Saracen area of Glasgow, who failed to appear in court on January 15.
The 45-year-old was last seen the previous week in Cairnryan, in south west Scotland, where he boarded the ferry to Belfast on January 9.
Police Scotland said "extensive inquiries" are being carried out to trace him, but they have so far been unsuccessful. Officers are now appealing for information from the public to help find the missing man.
He is described as being white, 6ft and of medium build with brown hair.
He has a distinctive scar on his right arm. When he was last seen he was wearing dark-coloured jeans and a shirt.
Detective Inspector Craig Willison, of London Road police office in Glasgow, said: "Mr Halton was due to attend court on January 15 but failed to appear and has not been seen since, although further inquiries revealed a sighting of him in Cairnryan on Thursday January 9 where he was boarding a ferry bound for Belfast.
"I would ask anyone who has seen Mr Halton, or who has any information regarding his whereabouts, to contact Police Scotland. I would advise that no one approaches him, but rather contact police immediately."
Police Scotland can be contacted by dialling 101, while Crimestoppers can be reached on 0800 555 111.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article