THE grieving brother of a much loved Greenock man who died during an incident in Wren Road today paid a poignant tribute to him ahead of a special walk in his memory.

Daniel McLaughlin says he is struggling to come to terms with the loss of his big brother Jamie Walsh, also pictured, whom he described as a ‘friendly and harmless big guy’.

The 23-year-old died following a street disturbance on 10 September and his funeral is yet to be held.

As a touching tribute to his brother, Daniel – alongside his family and friends – has organised a walk from Clyde Square to Battery Park tomorrow.

Daniel told the Tele: “Jamie was a friendly, harmless big guy.

“He always knew how to cheer everybody up.

“We’re all devastated but we’re helping each other through this.

“Doing this walk for Jamie is going to help us cope and I would like to invite everyone to come down and join us.” Daniel said that the walk has a special theme to reflect his brother’s fun-loving character.

He said: “The men are going to dress up as women and the women are going to dress up as men.

“We’re doing this as Jamie was such a fun-loving person.

“Me and my brother Chris are going to dye our hair purple as that was Jamie’s favourite colour and my mum and all my sisters are going to dress up as guys.

“It will be emotional but I’m sure he’ll be up there laughing at all of us.” Daniel said Jamie, who was a dad of one, loved volunteering at the Sense Scotland shop in West Blackhall Street where he was very popular with staff and customers alike.

The former Notre Dame High School pupil was also an accomplished cook who was following his dreams of becoming a chef in the army.

Daniel added: “He enjoyed volunteering in Sense Scotland.

“He was also due to start a hospitality course at college in December as his ambition was to be a cook in the army.

“He was a great cook.

“Jamie also worked at the Holiday Inn for a while and loved that job as he used to do a bit of everything including cooking and working behind the bar.” Jamie’s friends have also paid touching tributes to him ahead of the walk.

Colette Law, 19, of Ladyburn Street, says he was a kind and caring person who was always there for others.

She said: “Jamie was probably one of the nicest people you could ever meet.

“He was a very caring person — always looking out for you and always there if you needed help.

“I used to see Jamie every week as we loved to go clubbing at Red.

“He enjoyed meeting up with friends and chatting about what was going on.

“Last week we went down to the Battery Park and let off lanterns for him.” The walk for Jamie sets off tomorrow at 5.30pm from Clyde Square.