24/09/2015

Police Appeal For Help Identifying Man Found Dead In Kayak

Police on the Isle of Wight are trying to identify a man found dead in a kayak earlier this month.

The man's body was found at Yaverland Beach, Sandown, at about 19:20 on Friday, 11 September. It is understood that he was last seen alive in Newhaven, Sussex.

Police said he was seen in Brighton Canoes in Newhaven around 4pm three days earlier on Tuesday, 08 September and police are now trying to establish where he was and what he was doing during those three days.

He is described as white, believed to have spoken with an Irish accent, aged mid-20s to mid-30s, with blue eyes, dark hair and described as 'well built'. He was wearing beige shorts and a blue zip-up jacket.

His kayak was an inflatable yellow and black Sevylor.

The death is currently being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing.

(MH/CD)

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