Body found on Scottish coast in search for missing Yorkshire school pupil

POLICE in Scotland who have been searching for a missing 14-year-old Yorkshire school pupil have recovered a body from the coastline.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Feb 2016, 13:12 BST
Updated 22nd Feb 2016, 18:35 BST
Jasmine Macquaker. Photo: Police Scotland/PA WireJasmine Macquaker. Photo: Police Scotland/PA Wire
Jasmine Macquaker. Photo: Police Scotland/PA Wire

Jasmine Macquaker, from Edinburgh, had been missing since last night.

A member of the public raised the alarm with police shortly after 7am today after a body was found in North Queensferry, near the Forth Rail Bridge.

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It has not yet been identified but Jasmine Macquaker’s family have been informed, Police Scotland said.

Police at the scene on the coastline at North Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, near the Forth Rail Bridge, where a body has been found in the search for a missing teenager Jasmine Macquaker, 14, who disappeared on Sunday night. Photo: South West News ServicePolice at the scene on the coastline at North Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, near the Forth Rail Bridge, where a body has been found in the search for a missing teenager Jasmine Macquaker, 14, who disappeared on Sunday night. Photo: South West News Service
Police at the scene on the coastline at North Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, near the Forth Rail Bridge, where a body has been found in the search for a missing teenager Jasmine Macquaker, 14, who disappeared on Sunday night. Photo: South West News Service

The 14-year-old is a pupil at Queen Margaret’s School, in Escrick Park, York.

She had joined the independent girls’ boarding school around 18 months ago after being awarded a scholarship to study there.

Police Scotland had earlier put out an urgent appeal asking the public to help find Jasmine after she went missing.

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The teenager had last been seen at Dalmeny railway station by South Queensferry at around 8.30pm yesterday.

Police at the scene on the coastline at North Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, near the Forth Rail Bridge, where a body has been found in the search for a missing teenager Jasmine Macquaker, 14, who disappeared on Sunday night. Photo: South West News ServicePolice at the scene on the coastline at North Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, near the Forth Rail Bridge, where a body has been found in the search for a missing teenager Jasmine Macquaker, 14, who disappeared on Sunday night. Photo: South West News Service
Police at the scene on the coastline at North Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, near the Forth Rail Bridge, where a body has been found in the search for a missing teenager Jasmine Macquaker, 14, who disappeared on Sunday night. Photo: South West News Service

It is believed she had travelled there from Edinburgh’s Waverley station.

Police had said it was out of character for the 14-year-old to go off on her own without telling anyone.

Yesterday morning they confirmed that a body had been found.

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A statement from Police Scotland added: “A formal identification is yet to be carried out; however, Jasmine’s family have been informed and have requested that their privacy be respected at this very difficult time.”

The death was being treated as unexplained police said today.

Queen Margaret’s School have confirmed that Jasmine is a pupil there, having joined in 2014.

Before this she had been educated at Cargilfield, a private co-educational prep school in Edinburgh.

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A Cargilfield newsletter in 2014 confirms that she was among the pupils to secure scholarships with Jasmine going to Queen Margaret’s later that year.

Said to be a gifted student, Jasmine won a national handwriting competition in 2014.

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