Wanted Edinburgh man still missing two weeks after he was due to be sentenced in court

Coen Bust, 47, was seen departing Waverley Station at around 8.30am on Thursday, March 13. He was last seen arriving at Dunkeld train station at 10.18am on the same day and there have been no further confirmed sightings of him.

Last week it was reported that Bust admitted to sending inappropriate messages to an undercover officer on social media who he believed was a 14-year-old girl. He pled guilty on January 30 after being charged with the offence and placed on the sex offenders register in September 2023.

CCTV images of Coen Bust, who went missing on the day he was due to be sentenced at court | Police Scotland

After missing his March 13 court date, a non-appearance warrant for his arrest was issued. Police launched a missing persons appeal following his disappearance and continue to carry out ‘extensive and specialist searches’ to trace him.

Police will be at Edinburgh Waverley and Dunkeld train stations today (Thursday, March 27) and anyone who has any information is urged to speak with these officers.

Coen Bust is described as white, of heavy build, with a long, grey beard. He is thought to be wearing a mustard-yellow jacket and carrying a rucksack and a red/orange metal water bottle.

Inspector James Longden, Blairgowrie Police Office, said: “Since Mr Bust was reported missing, we have carried out extensive and specialist searches and enquiries across the area, but unfortunately, we have not yet been able to trace him.

“Two weeks on these searches continue in the Dunkeld and Birnam areas and we are continuing to ask for any information that could help us locate him.”

Anyone with any information of where Mr Bust is or could be should call Police Scotland on 101 and quote reference 2616 of Thursday, March 13.