Detectives probing the murder of schoolgirl Paige Doherty have sealed off the home of the owner of a deli where she was last seen.

Police began searching John Leathem's home in Clydebank on Thursday and two officers stood guard outside.

It came after officers cordoned off a row of shops where his Delicious Deli is situated on nearby Fleming Avenue on Wednesday night and erected a forensic tent, around a mile from where the girl's body was found.

Paige, 15, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, was reported missing by her mother on Saturday after she failed to turn up for her part-time job at a hairdressers.

Paige's body was then found in a wooded area near Goals Sports Complex just off Great Western Road in Clydebank on Monday.

She disappeared after leaving a friend's house in Angus Street, Clydebank, at around 8.15am on Saturday to make her way to the hairdressers in Kirkintilloch and was last seen at the deli just minutes later, before disappearing.

It is understood police are following a positive line of inquiry.

Officers also removed a car to be searched as part of the probe. The schoolgirl's mother, Pamela Munro, has urged the public to come forward to help find her daughter's killer.

She said: "We are absolutely devastated that we have lost our beautiful little girl and would appeal for anyone with information to come forward and bring justice for Paige."

Detective superintendent Duncan Sloan said: "We know that the last confirmed sighting of Paige was on Saturday morning at around 0820 hours at the shop in Fleming Avenue.

"I need to hear from people who recognise her image that we have issued, and who seen her that morning. Paige was a very independent young lady, who would routinely make her way to work during the weekend over to Kirkintilloch from Clydebank, taking a bus into Glasgow City Centre onto Kirkintilloch.

"I need people to come forward with any information they have – however insignificant it may seem to them. Did you see anyone acting suspiciously in the area of Fleming Avenue on Saturday morning, and crucially, did you see anyone in the vicinity of Great Western Road, near to a wooded area on the A82 on Monday?"