PRIVATE CCTV or doorbell footage may prove crucial to help police find a woman who has been missing since Saturday.

Karen Stevenson, 42, left her home in Lairds Hill in Cumbernauld's Seafar after midnight.

She is believed to have gone towards the town centre and was seen around 2.44 am in a lift at the shopping centre off Tryst Road.

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Glasgow Times:

Officers think she then walked towards the Muirfield Community Centre near Brown Road and Fleming Road and was there around 2.55 am.

Now, police hope the public might be able to provide information on her next steps and are appealing for anyone with private CCTV or doorbell footage to get in touch. 

Sergeant Greig McKail said: “We are becoming increasingly concerned for Karen’s welfare as this is completely out of character. If anyone has any information which may assist or has seen anyone matching her description, please call us.

“She was wearing a distinctive purple jacket with a black fur-trimmed hood so we are asking anyone who might have private CCTV or doorbell-footage showing where Karen went after she was in the Fleming Road area to get in touch.

“Likewise, anyone who was driving in the town centre and the areas where Karen has been seen and who might have dash-cam footage that could assist please let us know.”

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Karen is described as 5ft 1inches, of slim build, with long brown hair. She was wearing a purple parker-style jacket with a black fur-lined hood, a cream long sleeve t-shirt, black leggings, and black ankle boots. She also may be carrying a small pink handbag decorated with metal studs and with a chain strap.

Anyone who can help is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 3369 of Saturday, 19 February.