Harry Hull-Merrick: Body found in search for missing man

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Formal identification is yet take place, say police who believe it is the body of the missing man.

Officers searching for a 36-year-old man who has been missing since December have found a body in the River Severn.for Harry Hull-Merrick from Telford, who was last seen in Ironbridge.A formal identification is yet to take place on the body, but is believed to be the missing man, police said.

"Harry's family have been informed and have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time," a force spokesperson said. After his disappearance on 8 December, the search was delayed due to a combination of the swollen river, fast currents and weather conditions which made some parts of the Severn inaccessible until about a week later, the force said.Follow BBC West Midlands on

 

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