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23/08/2016
Police Recover Body From River
Police investigating the disappearance of a man from Co Antrim have recovered a body from the River Bann, Co Derry.
John Thompson, 56, from Ballyclare, has been missing since Saturday.
The PSNI had issued an appeal for information to help find Mr Thompson.
He was last seen in the Portstewart area and police believed he had a bicycle with him at the time he went missing. Clothing thought to belong to Mr Thompson was found at Bar Mouth near Castlerock on Sunday.
A PSNI spokesperson said: "Police in Coleraine investigating the disappearance of 56 year old John Thompson can confirm that the body of a male has been located in the River Bann today.
"A formal identification and postmortem will take place in due course however at this time police are not treating the death as suspicious."
(JP)
John Thompson, 56, from Ballyclare, has been missing since Saturday.
The PSNI had issued an appeal for information to help find Mr Thompson.
He was last seen in the Portstewart area and police believed he had a bicycle with him at the time he went missing. Clothing thought to belong to Mr Thompson was found at Bar Mouth near Castlerock on Sunday.
A PSNI spokesperson said: "Police in Coleraine investigating the disappearance of 56 year old John Thompson can confirm that the body of a male has been located in the River Bann today.
"A formal identification and postmortem will take place in due course however at this time police are not treating the death as suspicious."
(JP)
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