Body found in search for missing man

Tuesday 08 January 2019

A body has been found in the search for a man with links to Guernsey, who had been missing in the UK since before Christmas.

Jason Wickenden, who is believed to have previously lived in the island, was living in Dartmouth, where he worked for Dittisham Ferries.

He was last seen on Thursday 20 December, at around 21:15. However, on Saturday 5 January, a body was found in the River Dart at Dartmouth.

A statement on the Devon and Cornwall Police website  said: "Officers were called at 11:00 on Saturday 5 January after the body of a man was seen in the water.

"HM Coastguard and Dartmouth Lifeboat attended and the man was recovered from the river. He was pronounced deceased at the scene."

Pictured: The statement on the Devon and Cornwall Police website. 

The UK force said "formal identification has yet to take place but the family of 44-year-old Dartmouth man Jason Wickenden who went missing before Christmas has been informed of the incident."

The death is not being treated as suspicious but a file will be prepared for HM Coroner with an inquest expected, where a cause of death and the circumstances could be decided.

Pictured top: Jason Wickenden.