Police seek to identify man found dead off Dorset coast
A man, believed to be in his 50s, was found dead off the Sandbanks peninsula near Poole, Dorset, on Wednesday morning. His body was recovered by the coastguard and Dorset Police's marine unit, but he has not yet been identified. Police have released images of the clothing and swimming gear found with the body in an effort to identify him.
The man is described as white, approximately five feet eight inches tall, of medium to stocky build, with short brown hair. He was wearing a full wetsuit, black swim leggings and a navy blue Adidas T-shirt with red writing. Sandbanks is one of Britain's most exclusive postcodes, with the average property price on the peninsula thought to be just under £1 million.
- Unidentified man found dead off Sandbanks peninsula on Wednesday morning
- Police released images of clothing and swimming gear to aid identification
- Sandbanks is an exclusive area where average property prices near £1 million
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A man's body has been discovered off the Sandbanks peninsula near Poole in Dorset. The deceased, believed to be in his 50s, remains unidentified.
He is described as white, approximately five feet eight inches tall, with a medium to stocky build and short brown hair. He was wearing a full wetsuit, black swim leggings and a navy blue Adidas T-shirt with red writing.
Sandbanks is one of Britain's most expensive residential areas, where typical property prices approach £1 million. The circumstances of how the man came to be in the water remain unclear.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Police release images of wetsuit and swimming gear after unidentified body is found off exclusive Sandbanks peninsula”.