The brother of a London woman whose remains were found next to an Edinburgh golf course has made an emotional appeal for witnesses to come forward.

Saima Ahmed's body was found off Gogarstone Road, near Gogarburn Golf Course, in January, five months after she was reported missing when she failed to turn up for work at Wembley Library.

Detectives have drawn a blank as to why the librarian made the 400-mile trip to Edinburgh. The 36-year-old's family have said they believe she was murdered.

Her brother Sadat told STV she had no previous connections with Scotland and she had never been to Edinburgh before.

Mr Ahmed said he was desperate to find out what happened to his sister to give his frail parents and the rest of the family some closure.

He said: "We are a very, very close family and it's been really tough on all of us. You read about these things but you never imagine it happening to yourself.

"We think maybe she was going to meet someone, and maybe that meeting went wrong, or something happened. I don't know who or why, but that's the only theory we can think of."

He added: "I just need someone, if anyone remembers anything, to tell us or get in touch with the police to let them know what you have seen."

Ms Ahmed's devastated family has not been able to bury her as the Police Scotland investigation into her death continues.

Their anguish has been made worse by the fact that London-based police officers leading the initial missing persons inquiry had deemed Ms Ahmed as "low-risk".

It emerged last week that watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the Metropolitan Police's handling of the case.