News / Fisherman named
POLICE have named the fisherman who died after falling overboard from the Banff registered fishing boat Beryl, 20 miles west of Shetland, on Monday.
Forty seven year old Joshua Aryeetey, from Ghana, was recovered from the sea by boat and then airlifted to Gilbert Bain Hospital, in Lerwick, but died as a result of the incident.
A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
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