By Alan Richardson

A MINISTER jetted over 10,000 miles from Australia to conduct a Perthshire wedding yesterday.

The Rev Douglas Robertson returned to his homeland to marry his sister-in-law at Kinclaven Church, by Stanley.

The rural church was bathed in winter sunshine as 125 guests watched local man Scott Tares marry Dr Kirsteen Macdonald from Glasgow, almost a year to the day from Scott’s Boxing Day proposal.

The newlywed couple (pictured) then moved on to the nearby Birnam House Hotel for their reception.

It was an emotional homecoming for Mr Robertson, who left Scotland almost three years ago to take up a post as senior minister at the Scots’ Church in Melbourne. He was previously a minister at Appin and Lismore in the north-west of Scotland.

Scott works across the country as a trainer with Capability Scotland, while Kirsteen is an engineer, based in Stirling.