BODY FOUND IN MISSING ROWER SEARCH
A body has been pulled from the River Thames during the search for a man who went missing after a rowing boat capsized near Sunbury Lock.
A man in his 60s was the only person who was not accounted for after the rowing boat capsized on 11 October, which threw six people into the water.
Surrey police said specialist search teams recovered a man’s body near Sunbury weir on Sunday. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
Formal identification had yet to take place, but the family of the missing man had been informed and were being supported by a specialist officer, the force said.
Ch Insp Andy Jenkins said: “Throughout this tragic incident we have been in close contact with the man’s family to offer them support and information during this incredibly difficult time.
“Our thoughts remain with them, and we ask that their privacy is respected while they come to terms with their loss.”
An investigation is under way to establish the circumstances of the man’s death.