December 6, 2018 12.18 pm This story is over 62 months old

Body found in Grantham canal

It is being treated as unexplained

A man’s body has been discovered in a canal in Grantham.

Police are currently treating the death as unexplained.

The body was found in the canal in Woolsthorpe, Grantham near to the Dirty Duck pub on Wednesday, December 5.

Police confirmed the body was of a man, but the age is not yet known as the identification process is ongoing.

A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “Yesterday (December 5) we received a report of a body found in the Dirty Duck canal, Woolsthorpe, Grantham.

“This is being treated as unexplained and a post mortem will take place in due course.

“Anyone with any information is being asked to contact us on 101 quoting incident 255 of December 5.”