February 18, 2016 9.41 am This story is over 97 months old

Lincolnshire Police officially identify man found in drainage dyke

Identification: Lincolnshire Police have named the man whose body was found in a drainage dyke last week.

Lincolnshire Police have named the man whose body was found in a drainage dyke as 74-year-old Patrick Walsh.

An underwater search unit was called to the dyke off Sutton Road in Trusthorpe at 8.30am on February 8 after a body was discovered by a member of the public.

The cause of death has yet to be to confirmed, and has now been referred to the coroner.