{"id":567207,"date":"2025-11-13T08:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/567207\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:08:17","slug":"man-found-dead-in-field-near-glasgow-named-as-murder-probe-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/567207\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead in field near Glasgow named as murder probe launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A missing man who was found dead in a field near Glasgow has now been named as cops launch a murder probe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robert Best, 50, was reported missing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/news\/greenock\/?ref=au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Greenock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Greenock<\/a> on November 11, before his body was found in a field near High Mathernock Farm, Kilmacolm around 9.20am on the same day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His family has been made aware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Image: Image of Robert Best, provided by Police Scotland)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two men, aged 44 and 51, have been arrested and charged in connection with Robert\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both are due to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 45-year-old man was arrested in connection with alleged assault and released pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers investigating Robert&#8217;s death are continuing to carry out enquiries into a report of a disturbance in Lansbury Street, Greenock, which took place between 11pm on Monday, November 10, and 3am on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detective Chief Inspector Graham McCreadie said: \u201cOur thoughts are with Robert\u2019s family and friends at this time. We are providing them with support as our investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAn extensive investigation is being carried out and I am asking anyone who was in the Lansbury Street area or near High Mathernock Farm at those times to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you have CCTV, private footage or dash-cam footage of that may have captured something, please contact us. Any information, no matter how small it may seem, could be vital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An online portal has been set up to encourage members of the public to submit information directly to officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP) is a website that gives the public access to a form so they can send information directly to the Major Investigation Team and can be accessed by visiting, <a href=\"https:\/\/mipp.police.uk\/operation\/SCOT25S41-PO1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/mipp.police.uk\/operation\/SCOT25S41-PO1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/mipp.police.uk\/operation\/SCOT25S41-PO1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A missing man who was found dead in a field near Glasgow has now been named as cops&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[180258,748,918,4884,24805,128367,147577,180257,56708,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-567207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-alleged-assault","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-greenock","13":"tag-greenock-sheriff-court","14":"tag-murder-probe","15":"tag-robert-best","16":"tag-roberts-family","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115541370748071112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}