Roller Alan flown home to Edinburgh with virus

BAY City Roller Alan Longmuir is back home after being flown home from Mexico with a mystery bug he caught on holiday.

The guitarist spent three days fighting for life in intensive care as the virus attacked his vital organs.

But having been stabilised by doctors in Cancun, the 69-year-old from Dalry arrived home yesterday by air ambulance with wife Eileen at his side.

“Alan has returned to Scotland and been admitted to hospital,” read a post on the I Ran With The Gang: The Story of Original Bay City Roller Alan Longmuir Facebook page.

“He continues to be seriously ill and is receiving extensive medical interventions.

“Please do not attempt to contact the hospital for information as staff are obviously extremely busy.

Alan was initially taken ill a week ago with Eileen keeping a vigil by his bedside at the Galenia Hospital, where he received specialist care.

His condition eventually improved and although he remains seriously ill, doctors have cleared him for travel.

A small medical plane was used to fly Alan and Eileen from Mexico to Glasgow in a 14-hour trip.

Alan, from Bannockburn, is understood to have been conscious during the trip. Well-wishes have poured in ever since it was reported that the former Roller had taken ill while on holiday at the popular beachside resort with his wife.